In the early days of his administration, President Barack Obama has developed an unusual pattern as he talks about religion: He regularly puts nonbelievers on the same footing as religious Americans.It is a rar...

A former University of Colorado professor, assailed for likening Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi leader and fired for alleged plagiarism, testified in court Monday that the 2001 terrorist attacks were "perfectly pre...

Should I let my kids see Twilight? I've heard that question from parents more than any other question in the last 12 months. ...

The teachers are reading the letters to them right now!For the past three hours, the pastor and I had been working with school administrators to prepare for this moment. A much-beloved middle-school teacher h...

As a youth leader, you’re unlikely to face anything that frightens you as much as a student who is considering suicide. Ultimately, your job is simple—to persuade the teenager to get professional h...

My son, Aaron, asked me to write this. Actually his request was that I remember. That single word was the last word in the suicide note he wrote before he murdered my wife and daughter Dec. 6, 1996, in the rura...

Football? Or Mentos??? ...

It was a warm evening in October. They were at his grandparents’ house, alone in the backyard. They looked up at the full moon as Dave began touching her with tender kisses and gentle strokes of her hair....

YouthWorker Journal writer Ron Jackson interviewed four experts on surviving and ministering during crisis. Dr. Allen Jackson (no relation), Professor of Youth Education at New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem...

What do you do when you encounter someone who isn’t like you? How do you feel? What goes on inside you? How do you relate to him or her?Few skills are more necessary than learning to express love and resp...