Greater
Steve FurtickMultnomah, 2012, 224 pp., $19.99Steven Furtick's second book, Greater, is a simple, yet powerful reminder that God's dreams for our lives are usually a whole lot bigger than our own meager assessme...
Changing the Post-Mission Trip Conversation
About a month or two after returning from a summer mission trip, I typically hear mission trip participants say these things:"I don't feel God here like I did there.""I'm forgetting things.""It's starting to fa...
10 Jordanian Young People Meet Summer Camp American Style
Call it jet-ski diplomacy. This summer, 10 Muslim young people from Jordan and Christian teens from across the United States shared two weeks at Camp KIVU in the mountains and lakes near Durango, Colo., to...
Meet Simon Baz: An Arabic/Muslim Comic Superhero
A Lebanese American from Dearborn, Mich., Baz is the latest superhero from publishing giant DC Comics. As he grows up in a post-9/11 America, Baz must fight more than bad guys. He also must fight stereotypes an...
Love vs. Wedding Bells: What If God Is Less Worked up About Marriage than We Are?
Yes, the rumors are true. The two of us dated, broke up, and then wrote a book about marriage and love, together. Yes, it was crazy. No, we don't recommend it.Our book, Altared, isn't really about marriage, tho...
Youth Culture Update: The Zombies Are Coming!
Earthquake? Floods? Fire? Meh. What you really need to prepare for, says the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is the zombie apocalypse. No, really. FEMA recently hosted a webinar telling folks what they sho...
Youth Culture Update: Teens Drinking Because of Parental Pressure?
Binge drinking is a growing problem, many experts say—an opinion borne out by many studies on teen alcohol abuse. Some believe that stress—and indirectly, parents—may unintentionally feed the ...
Youth Culture Update: TMI on Internet
The Internet is great. The people on it could behave a bit better, though. That's the consensus of folks polled by Intel and Ipsos as part of a comprehensive "Internet Etiquette" survey conducted in eight count...
Youth Culture Update: The Cost of that Touchdown Was
Kids participating in recreational soccer or Little League is about as American as apple pie and, well, baseball; but they're also getting increasingly expensive—and costs grow with the competition. Just ...
Last Ounce Of Courage
Veritas Entertainment presents Last Ounce of Courage, opening in theaters nationwide on September 14, 2012 Project Description Released by Veritas Entertainment, "Last Ounce of Courage" is the story of a gr...