When a leader with long tenure and lots of chips in the bank supports a new idea, its odds of gaining a fair hearing skyrocket. So do its odds of success.But what happens if you don't have much tenure or a pile...

This year, I had the opportunity to lead a session at The Roots Seminar at the University of Jamestown. Roots is a student-led ministry organization that plans worship services, lock-ins and other community eve...

Since I was a young boy, I have enjoyed watching cooking shows. In the beginning of the cooking show genre, there were not very many chefs who had their own shows on TV. I remember watching "Yan Can Cook,"...

Women talk about shopping and their hair on social networks. Men? They were more interested in discussing Modern Warfare and FIFA.So found a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, which scrutinized the ...

Many gangs and criminal organizations are recruiting new members through the Internet—even using popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to do so.About 20 percent of gang members say their or...

Troy University, Alabama's third-largest public university, has opened a new dorm specifically for Christians. The Newman Center residence hall potentially can house 376 students and includes a 2,300-square-foo...

Two Florida teens were banned from a homecoming court competition after they used condoms as a campaign prop.The teens, Dalton Wiggs and Montana Fulkerson, were running to become Mulberry High School's homecomi...

Youth Ministry from the Outside In (InterVarsity Press) by Brandon McKoy questions today's typical youth ministry that is built on the individualism that shapes our Western culture. He counters with a plan for ...

According to Vatican Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Jesus was the world's first tweeter. Jesus, Ravasi says, "used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters 'Love on...

Television watching is going down among children ages 11 through 16, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. Teens now watch about 2.4 hours of TV a day, down from the 3.1 hours they were watching a d...