By introducing a blog (or web log), a kind of collective Internet diary, LWF Youth is now providing a means of intensifying interaction among young people from throughout the global church communion. LWF Youth is the youth desk of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for Mission and Development (DMD).
At www.lwfyouth.org seven young adults from around the world are now beginning to write about their lives, their faith, their churches, and the social problems that concern them. “It is something like a global youth group,” said LWF/DMD youth secretary Rev. Roger Schmidt. He added that the youth blog is there for the young adults to talk about their own lives. “Alexandra from Colombia, for instance, talks about her difficulties in finding a job,” Schmidt explained. “Benny from Indonesia shares with the others his experience in preparing for seminary teaching.”
The youth secretary himself will write about the international ecumenical world. Blog participation is, however, not limited to these seven young people. Schmidt encouraged others to join in as “anyone can react to articles by submitting comments on the blog, or can send in requests for topics.”
