In youth ministry, we have all cringed at one time or another when we thought of teaching the Torah, also known as the Pentateuch – the first five books of the Bible – to teens. To be honest, some o...

Alarmed by the uproar he would stir, Charles Darwin waited more than 20 years to publish The Origin of Species. In Peter Parnell’s new play, Trumpery, Darwin says, “If I finish the bo...

Obama’s charisma and relative youth (he’s 45) attracts large numbers of younger voters and generates the kind of media coverage that the nearly 20 other presidential candidates would die for. His be...

Gideon and Jeremiah first met at Christ Our Leader College when they were paired as freshman roommates. Through a shared love of music, non-contact athletics and different cultures, they became fast friends and...

MARK CANNISTERRevisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation by Andrew Root (IVP)Too often our relationships contain ulterior motives, and we abandon teenagers w...

Trust and Prayer   Begin by presenting the following scenario. You have come to youth group and are facing a difficult situation and need someone to talk to whom you can trust. Ask youth to raise their h...

According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, colleges are advising professors not to let students know where they live, give out home phone numbers, nor even list their home numbers. ...

Parents, school officials, and other associated with teenagers long have wonder why they are prone to risky behavior and what can done to dissuade them from making poor choices. While the common belief is that ...

For more than two decades urban American youth of all racial and ethnic backgrounds have used hip hop music to express their values, concerns, and dreams – the good, the bad, and the ugly. Whether one ide...

    A study by PEW shows that not only are teenagers producing more content on the web, but it also sheds light on the differences in content habits between boys and girls.     ...