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
Learn to Say No!You might have to learn to say no frequently—more often than you'd prefer. You can't do everything, and you shouldn't. So, just say, "No, sorry I cannot do that, and I won't."Discover the ...
Sony Pictures Animation will be making an Emoji-themed motion picture in the next few years, to be to be co-written by Eric Siegel and Anthony Leondis (Kung Fu Panda 2). While a movie based on Emojis might feel...
It's not often we get to talk about Alzheimer's or dementia in this space. This is, after all, a youth culture update. What will we be talking about next—arthritis? As it turns out, what youth do in schoo...
It's pretty well established that the United States is slipping behind other developed countries in education, particularly in mathematics. In 2012, American kids ranked 29th in math, behind such countries as P...
American youth are having less sex than they did in the late 1980s, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but teens still are getting pregnant more often than those in othe...
In youth ministry, summer is the prime time for attending camps, conferences and mission trips. Regardless of what type of summertime activity you participate in with your youth, it's important to process your ...
Sam HalversonThe Youth Cartel, 2014, 153 pp., $15.99At one time or another, every youth leader has been frustrated by the isolation of youth ministry—those practices and attitudes that seem to separate yo...
The Fox Network is getting into the brewery business. In an effort to squelch copycat entrepreneurs who keep trying to shove their own brands of Duff Beer—Homer Simpson's favorite beverage in "The Simpson...
Many video game makers believe they know what their prime consumers—teen males—want in their gameplay: manly protagonists and weak, scantily-clad women. According to a study by Time, that's not true...