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
Quick Backdrop Today's devo is very simple: It's one verse, but it's a powerful verse. The What To notice the detail, you may want to print out the verse below or paste it into an e-doc. Then, read the ver...
Want to know how to curtsy? How far to hold your pinky out from the cup while drinking tea? Debrett's has long taught Great Britain's etiquette-minded citizens everything they need to know about social gentil...
While the number of American students graduating from high school continues to tick up, fewer of them are ready for college. Scores for the SAT—the Scholastic Aptitude Test that many universities use i...
Millennials—young adults between the ages of 18 and 34—kinda hate themselves. Well, hate is probably a little misleading. But still, when Pew Research started asking Americans to define what trai...
For this game, you will need six tubs and 20 bean bags (two colors of 10 each). Plastic buckets also may work for this game. Create a tossing line (either with tape or sidewalk chalk), and then arrange the six ...
Get Religion, Scientists Say Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened: They say money can't buy happiness. Scientists say happiness is not a ...
Social media was supposed to be the holy grail of marketing. After all, people are on networks such as Facebook and Instagram all the time, and they're far more likely to trust what they see there than the ads ...
There's a time and a place for everything, Americans say; when it comes to smartphones, that time does not include social gatherings. According to a Pew Research Center poll, people seriously frown at peop...
In a study that might surprise, well, perhaps only the researchers, youth who identify as goths are more likely to be depressed. The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, found that British 15-year-olds...