Here’s a story about memes.A meme is a little like a gene. It contains information, it is transmitted from host to host, and it survives according to its success or failure in a given environment.  T...

WaterBrook Press, 2006, 206 pp., $13.99,www.randomhouse.com/waterbrookI’ve read a lot of parenting books, so part of me kept thinking, There’s nothing new here, so why am I enjoying this?If you keep...

If you’ve been in youth ministry for more than about 20 minutes, you probably already have a sneaking suspicion that kids have a lot of disposable income — and they seem predisposed to dispose...

Multnomah Publishers, 2006, 192 pp.,$13.99, www.mpbooks.comRick McKinley, lead pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, challenges readers of This Beautiful Mess to “understand in a new way what it mean...

Revell, 2006, 240 pp., $12.99,www.revellbooks.comThis book reads as a series of conversations between the co-authors followed by essays written out of their life experience. There is very little reference to sc...

Interview with Al Hsu Dave GoetzFor half a century many Americans have sought the Good Life in suburbia. We wanted to explore the impact of suburban cultural values on Christian faith and practice, so we ...

Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2006, 80 pp.,$12.95, www.faithaliveresources.orgToo often our ministries have a one-sizefits-all approach, and the thought of teaching children with disabilities scares people a...

Whitaker House, 2006, 288 pp., $19.99,www.whitakerhouse.com“America has been the target of a carefully crafted plan to undermine Christianity, patriotism, and freedom. It is a diabolical plan to deconstru...

All Justin Berry was looking for were some friends online. At age 13, with an absent father and clueless mother, he signed up for a social networking site and, because the site was running a special promotion, ...

Imagine finding a place where your youth ministry group go every day to hang out and have fun. It’s easy to get to and provides an atmosphere where kids are relaxed, open, even eager to talk about th...