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
Wasted FaithIt all sounds great. Er.You're ready to leave the lesser life behind and open yourself up to the greater life God has for you. But I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few objections floating arou...
YWJ: Your new book Greater is all about what we can achieve with Christ in this life by dreaming bigger and starting smaller. What about this message might be most important for youth workers or teenagers ...
Imagine a megachurch without a youth group because it chooses not to have one. In the words of Senior Pastor Steven Furtick, "We don't have a student ministry. We are a student ministry." Elevation Church in Ch...
Can Fiona Apple Help Us Remember What's Important?Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:A few days ago, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple cancelled her tour of ...
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Jonathan FiskConcordia Publishing House, 2012, 280 pp., $16.99Do you want to be a rebel? Jonathan Fisk is going to give you lots of ammo to rage against the machine. In his book Broken: 7 Christian Rules that E...
"Jesus asked, 'Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?'" (Luke 17:17-19).Here on this Thanksgiving weekend we are reminded o...
Brian BerryGroup, 2012, 154 pp., $14.99If you were anything like me when you first started in youth ministry—the demands, pressures, hours and the myriad challenges of working with adolescents in a church...
Pope Benedict XVI soon will get his own Twitter account, according to Vatican sources. His handle will be @PopeBenedict, but followers shouldn't expect weighty theological discussions via Twitter. Because the p...
Apple—known primarily for its genre-breaking tech gadgets so at home in the Internet, also has (a bit paradoxically) the most successful brick-and-mortar stores in the country, bringing in $6,050 per squa...