Is PC killing Youth work?...

After recently reviewing my work's Child Protection Policy and various other things, one thing that created more annoyance than security was the amount of red tape I had to snip at with nail scissors....


Have we gone PC mad? Here are a couple of examples....


'The BBC has dropped the use of the terms Before Christ (BC) and Anno Domini (AD) on one of their programmes and decided that the terms 'Before Common Era' / 'Common Era' are more appropriate'


'A UK recruiter was stunned when her job advert for 'reliable' and 'hard-working' applicants was rejected by the job centre as it could be offensive to unreliable and lazy people.'

Now...I know it's there to protect people who work with young people and children like myself, however, in some cases I really think common sense should prevail. It would be interesting to hear from other youth workers or professionals who come across this problem and your thoughts on this...

Back to more important things...

Every morning I speak out a number of truths, declarations and statements of faith over my day and life...

On Sunday I read the last one rather flippantly..It is based on Ephesians 3:20 and how God can and will do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can ever imagine, and upon reflection of a challenging day for a variety of reasons, I can honestly say he did...

So I challenge you readers and myself each day to be 'brave' and ask God to do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can imagine for the day ahead...