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
A new study from Forrester Research has found that, in addition to cord-cutters—those who quit cable in exchange for streaming services—there's a growing cadre of cord-nevers, people who've never pa...
With activists at colleges campaigning for safe spaces for students, the student newspaper at Claremont McKenna College is taking the trend a step further: offering a safe space on its pages for minorities. ...
The United States lags behind other developed nations in sending its kids to preschool, according to a recent study. While about two-thirds of 3- and 4-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education, that'...
Lizzie Velasquez, a 17-year-old who suffers from Marfan Syndrome, once was called out on YouTube as "the World's Ugliest Woman." For Velasquez, that was nothing particularly new—just a variation of the ...
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After hearing that a nearby mosque had been vandalized in what police are calling a hate crime, 7-year-old Jack Swanson of Pflugerville, Texas, decided to do what he could to repair the building. So he turned o...
Instagram, one of the most popular social networks among youth, has become for many a land of unreality. Users obsess about every pose and picture in an effort to create a slick, airbrushed representation of th...
Earlier this month, protesters at the University of Missouri—citing pervasive racism on the campus—forced its president and chancellor to resign. Now other colleges and universities are taking Mizzo...
This game involves a frozen turkey (which can be given to the teen with highest bowling score as a prize). Set up a makeshift bowling alley. (You can find used bowling pins online for a few dollars each). An o...
Acquire a long roll of butcher paper for this game and invite each person in the youth group to create a cape (similar to Superman's cape) that each can attach to his or her back with masking tape. Once everyon...