About one-third of all tweets are written on a fourth-grade level, according to Time, which examined about 1 million tweets for the study.Time admitted that, with just 140 characters to work with, it can be dif...

We've known for a while many teens aren't as healthy as they could or should be, and they seem to be getting less healthy with time. However, new stats compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

One finding that's stuck with me from Sticky Faith is, "More than any program or event, what made kids more likely to feel like a significant part of their local church was when adults made the effort to g...

1. Jennifer Lawrence2. Sandra Bullock3. Angelina Jolie4. Scarlett Johansson5. Jennifer AnistonSource: ForbesPaul Asay has written for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorad...

Can violent video games make players more violent? Research has been conflicted, but it'd seem clear that no matter what such games wouldn't make you nicer.Yet that's not necessarily so, according to a new stud...

In June, Facebook announced the results of a sweeping study conducted among its users. For months, Facebook manipulated the newsfeeds of 700,000 of its users—taking away some positive updates for some, ne...

Just how many teens engage in sexting? More than you might expect. According to a new study from Drexel University, more than half (54 percent) of the youth polled for the study had sent sexually suggestive mes...

For Lent a few years ago, I gave up the other. It was a ridiculously messy process in which I tried, for 40 days, to see myself as part of a larger whole and to strike second and third person pronouns from my v...

There are millions of refugees in the world with nowhere to go. OneLife Matters, under the umbrella of the International Mission Board, recognizes the significance of this travesty, but also sees the enormous p...

We make choices every day that have small and large impacts on the world around us. Most of us, if we're honest, live lives that lack critical thinking or space for helpful reflection. We live lives that are tr...