Report: Colleges raising tuition
If you have kids in your youth group preparing for college, they have some bad news: A report from the College Board last week says that tuition at public and private colleges for the 2009-10 academic year outp...
Created to Create
This past summer I had the pleasure of hiking in Glacier National Park in northern Montana. Mountains jutting out of mountains. Glacier-fed emerald lakes tucked away in glacier-carved basins. Brightly colored w...
Embracing Technology for the Glory of God
Technology always has changed the world. Ever since we discovered fire and then the wheel, and (more recently) the eight-track player and cell phone, new technology has been adjusting how we do life.A little mo...
Life, Death, & the Uncertainty of It All
From Reflections:Life is a gift. Eternal life is a promise. "And this is what he (God) promised us - even eternal life." (1 John 2:25) When a young person dies, it is easy to start blaming or questioning God....
Curve Balls, Gut Punches and Heartaches
The last day of 1999, we had a curve ball thrown at us: We were going to have a baby. Medical specialists had told us years before that we'd probably never have any more kids after our first and only child, Rac...
Putting a Face on Faceless Children
Five years ago, Stephen Christian, lead singer of the bands Anberlin and Anchor & Braille, had an idea.What started as a church mission trip to Haiti turned into a group of concerned musicians and managers ...
Hoping for Hail Mary’s
We're deep into fall now, which means we're deep into a few stories unfolding with great drama all around us. There are national, regional and neighborhood versions. You can share one with a neighbor over a...
Moving Students Toward Maturity
A recent Barna study reveals the disturbing fact that most Christians remain quite unsure of the goal and process of growing in Christ. When asked to articulate their idea of spiritual maturity, 80 percent said...
Youth Culture Lesson: Vamping It Up
Bloodsuckers Take a Bite Out of CultureGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:On Nov. 20, America's most charismatic vampire, Edward Cullen, will return to t...
Kids’ Credit Woes
In 2004, college seniors had an average credit card balance of $2,900. By 2008 the average was $4,100.Other sobering numbers from the Associated Press:• One-fifth of seniors have a balance greater than $7...