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
Arrange for a pianist to bring in a book of favorite Christmas music (carols and hymns). Divide your group into two teams and allow one person from each team to compete against each other in naming the carol. T...
Our friends at youthministry360 are giving away a free Christmas Bible study lesson. The lesson features the lesson plan, PowerPoint and a fun game to get things started. This lesson will help students see who ...
Brian Kirk and Jacob ThorneZondervan, 2011, 160 pp., $16.99In 2006, Brian Kirk and Jacob Thorne began blogging about questions we've all had. Are we entertaining our youth to death? Have Sundays become just ano...
More actors with Down syndrome are appearing in movies and television—a conscious effort (it seems) by Hollywood to introduce more characters with disabilities. Upcoming movies such as Café de Flore ...
People look for a variety of attributes when they're looking for a new car: economy, comfort, horsepower; but younger Americans also want a little bit of…quirk. That's what carmakers are counting on, at a...
For years, texting has been the go-to mode of electronic communication among youth, but there are signs that could be changing. Text messaging is on the wane, according to a new study from Chetan Sharma, a mobi...
What do kids want for Christmas this year? A new bike? A train set? That's soooo 20th century. According to a survey from Nielsen, nearly half of children ages 6 through 12 are hoping Santa brings them a new Ap...
If any game designer enjoys eternal security in video game history, it must be Warren Robinett. Taking his inspiration from Don Woods and Willy Crowther's text-based game "Adventure," Robinett labored for six m...
TOBYMAC TO HELM WINTER JAM 2013 BLOCKBUSTER LINE-UPThe groundbreaking Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, the #1 tour in the world (first quarter) for two consecutive years, revealed its blockbuster 2013 artist and ci...
More than 3 million people (1% of U.S. population) experience homelessness each year, and 650,000 people may be permanently homeless. What can one person do? Oklahoma youth worker Philip Nguyen decided to go ho...