When it comes to embracing new technologies, we youth workers (Christians? humans?) come in about five basic flavors: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards. (I'm indebted to Mal...

REWARD: "Lost dog. Three legs, blind in left eye, right ear missing, tail broken, recently neutered. Answers to the name Lucky."—from a newspaper classified adEver feel like Lucky? Maybe your tail isn't b...

"The more things change, the more they stay the same." It's a familiar saying, but have you ever wondered if it's true when it comes to the kids you work with? Given the vast changes in youth culture, are ...

"So I've been smoking with some friends lately." The seriousness with which Jared was sharing this with me suggested that he wasn't talking about cigarettes."You mean you were smoking pot?""Yeah."Then a pause. ...

There are a lot of wonderful things about youth ministry: free pizza; unclaimed lost-and-found items (I haven't bought a towel in years); all-expense-paid trips to some of the finest retreat centers in the coun...

"The Bible views people as whole people living their lives in relation to others; therefore, family ministry must be integrated into all areas of a person's life."—Royce Money, Ministering to Families: A ...

Teenagers...They act with little thought about the consequences of their actions, temporarily believing they're immortal and invincible: • "I won't crash my car when doing 93 mph in a 55 mph zone!" &...

It seems that just about every preacher, politician and youth worker has opinions about how much media young people consume today. Now, there's some information much more exact than opinions."Generation M:...

Crosswalk.com recently ran a news blurb about new research that seemed to indicate teens weren't getting much of value from their time at church. The gist of this analysis was that most teenagers don't gai...

The problem had started so simply, but Maya's teacher couldn't understand why she was being so obstinate. Maya had talked out of turn and been asked to apologize. Maya respectfully apologized with her head down...