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Youth Culture Update: Portman Loses ‘False Idol’

Natalie Portman, who won an Academy Award for her work in 2010's Black Swan, doesn't know where her Oscar is. "I think it's in the safe or something," she told The Hollywood Reporter. "I don't know. I haven't s...

The Willingness to Be Coached

Although we now live in a sports-crazed culture, there are some aspects of athletics that can carry over quite well into youth ministry. Coaching is one of those points...or more specifically, the willingness t...

Youth Group Devo: Red-Letter Stress Relief

Quick Backdrop Whenever you flip through a red-letter edition of the Bible (one in which Jesus' words are printed in red), you'll notice a chunk of the Gospel of John that's a sea of red—page after page with...

The One: An Amazing Love Story Starts with You

Ryan and Amanda Leak with Jodi Lipper WaterBrook Multnomah, 2015, 224 pp., $13.49 It's been said God doesn't give His power to a disobedient servant, in which case Ryan and Amanda Leak are one of God's powe...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Anger

Opening: People have many different ways of dealing with anger in their lives. Some people show anger immediately when someone wrongs them or things don't go their way, while others let their anger build un...

Youth Group Devotional: God’s Draft Day

Quick BackdropThe NFL draft is upon us. While draft day is like Christmas in April for football junkies, most of us might be interested in the top draft picks, and then we move on. Whether you're a sports fan, ...

Youth Culture Update: That’s a Lot of Trees

It would take about 136 billion pieces of paper to print the whole Internet, according to a study from the University of Leicester. If all that paper was stacked, the resulting pile is estimated to be 8,300 mil...