If I were a youth pastor—and any teenagers reading this are going to thank heaven I'm not—I'd assign some required reading to my youth group. Namely, I'd assign the comic novels of Rob Stennett, a y...

Guidelines for this Activity 1) Listen to the song or watch the music video with your group. (The video is embedded below. You can purchase the album at local retailers or online.) The lyrics are printed below...

In this two-part interview, Andrew Root talks with YWJ editor Steve Rabey about the importance of relationships in youth ministry, the relevance of the Incarnation, and the prevalence of teen despair. Andrew wr...

Kids Viewing More Television than EverGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened:Children and teens, we know, spend a lot of time in front of screens: Computer...

Relationships Unfiltered: A Handbook for Youth Workers, Volunteers, Pastors and ParentsAndrew RootZondervan, 2009, 176 pp., $14.99zondervan.comIn our family, there are expectations. I'm expected to wash the dis...

What do you need most: soothing Celtic music from Christian artists Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning, or a helpful one-day conference on "Turbulence Ahead...Parenting Teens Through the Bumpy Years"?The Jeff ...

TUNING IN -- Most youth workers are concerned about the distractions in their young charges lives—and there's arguably no distraction as powerful as the television set. Now we learn, courtesy the Nie...

Samaritan Fundraising, an innovative Christian fundraising company, has introduced a groundbreaking new way for church youth groups to raise money. The fundraising product, called the Samaritan Card, is catchin...

Recent studies show that parents actively involved in setting rules and boundaries -- and following up on those rules -- lead to safer teen drivers. ...

FATHER LIES BEST -- Most parents teach their children not to lie. But according to a study published in "The Journal of Moral Education," parents lie to their kids all the time. Researchers asked youn...