Kanakuk Kamps

Since 1926, Kanakuk Kamps has been providing great outdoor summer sports camps that promote personal growth and Christian character. Each year we host over 14,000 kampers ages 7-18 in our eight summer camps for...

Going Ape Over Human Rights

Here’s a headline that caught my eye a couple of days agp: Great Apes Should Have Human Rights, Say Spanish MPs.My immediate reaction was to double-check the calendar. You know, if it were April 1, I coul...

Leadership Essentials

Leadership EssentialsGreg OgdenInterVarsity Press, 2007, 176 pp., $15.00, www.ivpress.comIf youth ministry is about leadership, then Greg Ogden has important words for youth workers. Ogden writes “Chris...

Generation NeXt Marriage

Generation NeXt MarriageTricia GoyerMultnomah, January 2008, 257 pp., $14.99, www.randomhouse.com/waterbrookGeneration NeXt Marriage is a refreshing book. The material is not especially groundbreaking, but it...

Culture Corner — July 2008

The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption, from Asbury Park to MagicJeffrey B. SymynkywiczWestminster John Knox Press, 2008, 197 pp., $16.95, www.wjkbooks.comJohnny Cash and the Great Ame...

A Substantial Summer

Summer is a season of kicking back and enjoying the sun and the sand. So how should teens pass the lazy days of summer? Some youth workers may seek an alternative to mindless popcorn films. Smaller, independe...

Be Last: Descending to Greatness

Be Last: Descending to GreatnessJeremy KingsleyTyndale House Publishers, June 2008, 200 pp., $12.99,www.jeremykingsley.comIn Be Last, Kingsley takes the reader into the less visible side of leadershipâ...

‘WALL-E’ & Adam Smith

From the story: "Some conservatives have dismissed WALL-E as a crude critique of business and capitalism. This is only true if capitalism is identical to boundless consumerism--a conviction that Adam Smith did ...

Uncovering the Mysteries of God

Uncovering the Mysteries of GodJeff KinleyRegal, February 2008, 224 pp., $14.99,www.regalbooks.comJeff Kinley is a master storyteller. He grabs your attention, then in a very ungentlemanly way, refuses to let...