"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God" (Luke 1:30).Most of the news we listen to, and perhaps the news we relish, is bad. We seem to have a penchant for the tragedies of others, for th...

"You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at His birth" (Luke 1:14).A few weeks ago, my wife and I discovered some old family video—on VHS! Here we rediscovered some rare family footage that ...

This is a fun gift-exchange game—if this is part of your youth group tradition. Invite each teen to bring a wrapped gift (set a dollar limit) to the youth meeting and place all of the gifts in a pile.&nbs...

This is a fun, yet helpful game that you can use to benefit a local food pantry or other outreach to those in need. This can be played individually or in small teams. Give each teenager a dollar bill. Trav...

You better watch out, you better not cry. Santa Claus is coming…with a polygraph machine.At least he is at London's Hammerson shopping malls. This year, before kids sit on jolly ol' St. Nick's lap, his he...

Think PG-13 movies are generally good for youth? Think again. There's little difference in the level of violence found in PG-13 and R-rated movies, according to a study from the University of Pennsylvania's Ann...

Santa Claus Is Coming—with a Lie DetectorGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Santa's watching us. From the time we were little kids, most of us were...

Television executives are growing ever more concerned that teens are rejecting TV for other forms of media, but according to a compilation of statistics by The Atlantic, such worries are probably overblown.Acco...

Kids and teens need about nine or 10 hours of sleep a night to be at their best. Not surprisingly, youth are more likely to get that sort of sleep if things are going well at home.David Maume, a sleep researche...

Sleep texting is a growing problem among teens, according to health experts. Many adolescents who sleep with their cellphone near or sometimes in their beds, are sometimes sending texts without remembering they...