"May all of the gifts and benefits that come from God our Father and the Master, Jesus Christ, be yours!" (1 Cor. 1:2, The Message)When my son was younger, I coached in his basketball league. Back then, th...

This is a hilarious game that requires little setup. To prepare, write the names of dozens of sports on individual index cards. Sure, include the obvious ones such as football, baseball, and basketball; but mos...

This game will require one or two simple, but powerful magnets. Magnetic name tags, as well as magnet sets, would work. A thin sheet of cardboard also will be needed.Played much like the classical game of ...

This is a simple word game that everyone can play. Give each student a piece of paper and pencil, invite them to write their first and last names at the top of the page. Then, using only the letters in their na...

"Come with me. I'll make a new kind of fisherman out of you." (The Message)There is a Latin word—vacare—meaning "to call." This is the root from which we get our word vocation.Usually when we a...

"Be at peace among yourselves" (1 Thess. 5:13). We don't have to live in a war zone to know peace resides first and foremost in the human heart—in our desire to live in harmony with those around u...

"I said, 'I will guard my ways that I might not sin with my tongue'" (Ps. 39:1).There was a time when gossip, innuendo and hurt feelings among teenagers were the result of conversation. Now, with the adven...

"Whoever is faithful over a little will be faithful over much" (Luke 19:7).There's a lesson in life that is true to formAnd it never wavers or fails:That if you aspire to build an empireWe cannot overlook the d...

"If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom. 8:31).Some years ago, our youth group was on a mission in Dallas, Texas. It was a hot summer. (What summer isn't in Dallas?) One afternoon, after working all day...

"See, I am making all things new" (Rev. 21:5). Perhaps you've heard of Andy Andrews. At the age of 19, he lost both of his parents within the span of a few weeks—his mother to cancer, his father in a tragi...