The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was watched more than 60 million times on YouTube during its first week of being posted, blasting past the first-week totals for trailers for Jurassic World and Av...

Do video games keep gamers from experiencing the joys of the great outdoors? Not if you happen to be William Cruz. Cruz won a contest sponsored by game maker Ubisoft to play the company's new game Far Cry 4 ...

For most Americans, the Internet is a strange, mysterious entity that has something to do with…clouds. Maybe. According to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, the Internet is less confusing the...

This is a fun and competitive game played with small candy canes and large LifeSavers. Divide the teenagers into teams of four people, and provide each team with a box filled with small candy canes and LifeSave...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Beginnings are important, and we all have our stories about beginnings. Consider, for example, your earlies...

"For the gospel, I was appointed a herald, apostle and teacher" (1 Tim. 1:11). Everyone needs a mission for his or her ministry. Mission is, and can be, the driving force behind our actions and decisions. ...

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"Without a vision, the people perish…" (Mic. 3:6). Years ago, my grandmother gave me some advice I never have forgotten. Among her bits of wisdom was the simple platitude, "Make sure you have goals in ...

Parents often think their teenagers tune them out when offered constructive criticism Guess what? They might be right. Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of ...

Nearly 2.5 million children were homeless last year, according to new figures published by the National Center on Family Homelessness. That's one out of every 30 kids. The number marked an 8 percent increase si...