Tommy Woodard and Eddie James make a living doing the same thing they've done since high school: making people laugh."Ed and I both wanted to go to ‘Saturday Night Live.' We were going to load up in my re...

You will need some ticky-tac putty for this game, markers and paper. First, divide the group into two teams and give each group (the same) Bible verse of your choice. The groups then write this Bible verse...

"As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord" (Josh. 24:15).A few years ago, while vacationing with the family, we found ourselves off the beaten path, driving through small towns and hamlets lined by cornf...

Brandon K. McKoyIVP Books, 2013, 267 pp., $14.80In Youth Ministry from the Outside In, Brandon McKoy chips away at traditional youth ministry's reliance on Western individualism, and instead posits a relational...

Quick BackdropCheck this out. Here are the first two verses of the Bible."In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,...

Asking the Wrong Questions on YouTubeGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Am I pretty or ugly? It's one of the most common questions asked by tween and tee...

Facebook now is allowing teens the option to make their posts public—a move that some say is potentially problematic, given the number of unwise things teens post already.In an article titled, "Facebook N...

It's widely known that photos of celebrities frequently are touched up before they're published, but it recently was revealed that Britney Spears' most recent music video had been retouched, too—and accor...

Sexting is a huge and growing problem among teens, but there's more at play than adolescents sending sexually provocative pictures to one another. Often, those photos are seen by other people—often friend...

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram are awash in selfies—self-taken photos often posted with the hopes that friends and acquaintances will like the pictures and post nice things.Of cour...