About this episode

Jez interviews John Dutton and Katherine Brown about the impact of smartphones on youth during a reflection on the Youth Culture conference.

Season 6 | Episode 13 In this special edition of the podcast Jez reflects on some of the content at the recent Youth Culture conference presented by Newday. He interviews John Dutton, a youth worker from Bethany Community Church and Katherine Brown from the Evangelical Alliance about their thoughts on the impact of smartphones on boys and girls. To subscribe to the youth culture mailing list click here or visit: http://newdaygeneration.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=859cd3948b7234551b747267b&id=dd91199469&e=a324a1754f Find out more about the Bloom card here or here: https://bloom.inc/ Engage with the work of the Smartphone Free Childhood here or here: https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/

People in this episode

Host: Jez

Guests: John Dutton, Katherine Brown

Topics covered

• smartphones
• youth work
• discipleship
• impact of technology
• youth culture
• Christianity

Keywords

• smartphones
• youth work
• discipleship
• technology impact
• Newday
• Christian youth
• Evangelical Alliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bethany Community Church, Evangelical Alliance, Newday, Smartphone Free Childhood

Products: Bloom card

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