See Jane.See Jane become a teenager.See Jane deal with her body.See Jane struggle.Adolescence has always been a time of physical (and all kinds of other) changes. The ways teenage girls experience those changes...

What are you doing in your student ministry that will outlast you? I remember the first time that question occurred to me. I can’t recall where it came from or who asked it. Maybe it was a book, or perhaps...

U2 is arguably the greatest rock band in the world. In my opinion, no band in history has been able to stay at the cutting edge of rock music as long as they have. The key to their success? There are a number o...

Every spring, I remind my students at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Del., that I experience severe allergies that yield ample sneezing, bloodshot eyes and an extravagant use of tissue.That being said, one...

Saron’s name is in the Bible and means “His Song,” or “God’s Song.” Born to committed Christian parents in Jarrettsville, Md., Saron Mack began listening to God’s song ...

As I have been working on my doctoral dissertation on the role of the Bible in American culture, I have thought about the impact the Bible has had in my life.I liked hearing about it, but didn’t much like...

I wrote my first article for YouthWorker Journal in the fall of 1999. It was about an outreach youth ministry I had developed in Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. I soon moved back to my hometown of Minne...

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking (and writing, and a bit of speaking) in the last few years about needed change in youth ministry. For the first two of those years, I felt I was able to articulate the ne...

American kids take antipsychotic meds at more than six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom. Experts say many of the kids taking these meds on both sides of the pond probably don’t need them. ...

We know auto accidents are the No. 1 killer of teens. A recent study suggests why. According to the study, sponsored by State Farm Insurance and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 75 percent of teen...