If you’ve turned on the news any time during the past year, it’s been hard to miss the wave of young social activism sweeping our nation. Teenagers like David Hogg and Emma González are becoming household names like Malala Yousafzai or the Little Rock Nine before them. More and more, teens are demanding their place Read More
Thin Spaces
Painted between 1510-1512 AD, is an Italian fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It was painted by a well-known artist named Michelangelo. Measuring 18 feet by 10 feet, it depicts the Biblical creation of Adam. At the center of this painting is the connected fingertips of Adam and God suggesting the connection between Read More
Talking to Teens About Suicide
It doesn’t take a lot of digging around to find alarming statistics regarding the rates of suicide in today’s youth. The Center for Disease Control and Prevent, claims that suicide was the second leading cause for death among 10-24 year olds in 2016. According to The Jason Foundation, each day in our nation, there are Read More
15 Awesome Summer Games
Summer is finally here! This time of year is often a challenge in the ministry world because of all the vacations and traveling. So how do you keep your students engaged? We’ve put together a list of exciting summer games your students will want to play again and again. Name Red Rover Q-tip War Duckie Read More
Evidence suggests the Internet might make people smarter—to a point. At least that's what Ben Taylor of FindTheBest.com believes.Taylor, writing for Time, analyzed country-by-country Internet penetra...
Parents do more than teach their children how to tie their shoes and why it's important to say "please" and "thank you." Many of them train them about how to vote, too. However, new research indicates that pare...
High school graduation rates continue to climb, according to new figures released by the National Center for Education Statistics. About 81 percent of the class of 2012 graduated on time, according to the data&...
Working at camp for almost a decade has given me the opportunity to watch campers as they are growing up year after year. To be honest, it tends to make one feel old seeing a former camper go off to college or ...
He is not here…He is risen!Many ministries suffer from post-Easter malaise. Fresh from the high moments of Easter—with fanfare, music and pageantry—we discover ourselves lingering in the hum-d...
The Bible contains more than 700,000 words. By comparison, The Lord of the Rings trilogy contains nearly 500,000; The Iliad clocks in at approximately 360,000. The gateway into God's revelation is massive text ...
One lady prayed as she entered the new year, "Dear God, I pray for a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up as You did last year."Have you ever wondered what to pray for or how to pray?Perh...
This past year, my 3-year-old was hanging out in my office while his brother was at preschool. Suddenly, he stopped playing and pointed to an object on my desk. He kept pointing and proceeded to ask what this s...
"He's just a typical middle school boy; he'll outgrow this." I was concerned that my son kept forgetting his homework, and his math teacher's response helped ease my nerves. As a parent, I don't want to hear th...
In 1992, I began a Ph.D. program in developmental psychology at the University of Oregon. This was an exciting, groundbreaking time to study young children in research labs across the country. The field of infa...