In the summer of 1977, my home church hired a young and energetic youth leader. This young man, I soon learned, would have a great impact on my life. He had many gifts, but two of the most important were his ab...

Ministry is filled with many pitfalls—and as youth leaders gain the confidence and trust of teenagers, parents and other church staff, many people begin sharing secrets. How youth leaders handle these confide...

Navigating Society's Ultra-Sensitive Times Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened Chris Rock doesn't perform at colleges anymore. Why? Stud...

Apple, the world's richest company, has more than $203 billion sitting in its cash reserves these days—enough green to fill 93 Olympic-sized swimming pools (if all the money was in dollar bills). (The Atl...

With no explanation, Intel, a maker of computer chips, has decided to end its sponsorship of the Science Talent Search after nearly 20 years. The Science Talent Search is one of the country's biggest, most i...

Colleges and universities have long been bastions of youthful hedonism: Many students are away from home and constant adult supervision for the first time; alcohol flows freely; and the hookup culture continual...

Grandma is good for more than baking cookies, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. As it turns out, teens who have close relationships with their grandparents tend to b...

"High Fives" is a unique twist on the standard relay race. Form teams, with each person on the team being about 10 feet apart. The first person in line will relay a small item into the waiting hand of the ne...

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College campuses are becoming increasingly sensitive to what are being called microaggressions and emotional triggers. At Harvard, there's been a push in its law department not to teach rape law or so much as u...