"High Fives" is a unique twist on the standard relay race. Form teams, with each person on the team being about 10 feet apart. The first person in line will relay a small item into the waiting hand of the ne...

For this game, you will need six tubs and 20 bean bags (two colors of 10 each). Plastic buckets also may work for this game. Create a tossing line (either with tape or sidewalk chalk), and then arrange the six ...

"And Christ…will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast (1 Pet. 5:10). We live in a disposable culture, a disposable world. In fact, many of the items we buy tout the word disposable a...

Youth leaders who are looking for creative ways to incorporate a talk series into regular or weekly youth ministry events might do well to look at 1 and 2 Timothy. A series of talks can be an engaging...

Chap Clark, Ed. Baker Books, 2015, 224 pp., $16.49 God knows it is difficult these days to have a civil conversation via social media about ministry. Ideas, positions and theologies so often turn into argum...

Steve Case The Youth Cartel, 2015, 129 pp., $14.99 At first blush, this book may seem to be an oxymoron. A book about using board games in the age of video? However, the only board game I found missing from...

Paul Asay Abingdon, 2015, 224 pp., $14.81 Paul Asay, a prodigious observer and writer on all matters related to faith and culture, has brought together a light-hearted (but introspective) take on how God us...

This intriguing back-to-school challenge makes a wonderful icebreaker (or a prize package) for your first meeting of the new school year. Purchase a backpack, fill it with various school supplies (e.g., pencils...

"Dear friends, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good" (3 John 1:11, NIV). Some years ago, my parents travelled abroad, and each brought back items they believed to be of great value. My father had pu...

"Because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever" (2 John 1:2). We keep time many ways. A clock can tell us the minutes and hours of a day. A calendar offers us a glance at a year. A hist...