Tammy DaughtryZondervan, 2011, 240 pp., $14.99Tammy Daughtry has written a remarkable and detailed book for divorced parents and children, Co-Parenting Works! Helping Your Children Thrive After Divorce. While n...

Michael Riera, Ph.D.Ten Speed Press, 2012, 256 pp., $14.99This Third Edition of Michael Riera's wide-ranging book on adolescence, Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers, is filled with heady stuff and i...

"Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side" (Matthew 8:18). Perhaps it happens to you every February. You look down at your desk and discover that your inbox ...

"But store up for yourselves treasure in heaven" (Matthew 6:20).Perhaps you've seen the commercials—the ones asking: "What's in your wallet?" Yeah, that one! It may be a humorous commercial, but dig ...

This is a fun game that can help lift spirits during a long winter...and it's simple.The group sits in a circle on the floor, and someone is chosen to begin the game. This first person then turns to the person ...

"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought" (Romans 8:26)Sooner or later every youth leader must help a teenager through a tragedy. Perhaps a friend is killed...

This game is another fun—and educational—indoor winter game. Play as you would Charades with two teams. Each team then sends someone out of the room.In two minutes, the team must then reas...

"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:29).Every January in our annual staff retreat, I pass around a sheet of paper that contains several questi...

"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead" (Philippians 3:13).Human beings have a proclivity to cherish the past. We look at our own history and experiences through rose-...

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9).In his book Failing Forward, John Maxwell explores growth from the vantage point of failure. For many, failure may...