Elise Garber married the first boy she ever kissed. She met him at an Outward Bound--style summer-camp program when she was 15, she "sort of dated" him for the summer, and then, like most teenage romances, it...

It's a new school year, but an old fight is brewing in American classrooms. Teachers and administrators around the country are scratching their heads once again over the Pledge of Allegiance.The courts have c...

A 9-year-old boy is told he can't put his toy boat in the water.Added bonus: His name is Noah. ...

It was the first day of my first job as youth pastor.  The senior pastor called me into his office to share with me what I hoped were a few words of wisdom and encouragement as I began my new c...

People are being tortured - holes drilled in their legs, beaten with rods and who knows what else, given very little food and water, and other very bad ways. And in some countries, like Iran, women are raped be...

Youth pastor and author Tim Schmoyer (Life in Student Ministry) and his father-in-law, Pastor Danny Wayman, discuss ways youth pastors and youth directors can work best with others on staff at church -- especia...

1. It's not fund-raising; it's harnessing interest.A woman in our congregation hired a boy to move some boards from her car to the garage. She paid him the equivalent of $60 an hour and sustained him with donut...

Two Christian girls. Two sets of distraught parents. And two state courts smack in the middle of it. Christian Girls, Interrupted...

Every time I write about how the modern culture seems dead-set on destroying the confidence of America's little boys, I am swamped with e-mail. Last week, I heard from a dad, Bill, who echoes the sentime...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is home to nearly 1 million Catholics. On a typical Sunday, less than 137,000 can be found in church.Now, using a strategy straight from the secular playbook, its lead...