Before ascending, Jesus tells His disciples in Acts 1:8, "You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Arguably, short-term mission trips help teens obey t...

From the moment humanity rejected God, He embarked on a mission to restore what had been broken. The culmination of this mission—the missio dei—is found in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus....

"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:29).Every January in our annual staff retreat, I pass around a sheet of paper that contains several questi...

During a normal Tuesday high school staff meeting, I received a phone call I had hoped and prayed I would never receive. The voice on the other end informed me that one of my students had taken his life the ...

I'm an interviewer for the University of Pennsylvania and a high school senior asked me, "What do I have to do to get in? I have a friend who has the same grades and SATs as me, and she got in." On College...

NFL Players Learn Success Extends Beyond the GameGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadablel PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:The NFL Playoffs are in full throttle, with a handful of teams drivi...

"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead" (Philippians 3:13).Human beings have a proclivity to cherish the past. We look at our own history and experiences through rose-...

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9).In his book Failing Forward, John Maxwell explores growth from the vantage point of failure. For many, failure may...

Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan organization advocating for Millennials ages 18 to 29, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for December 2012. The data is non-seasonally adjusted (NSA)...

Find a large-print 2013 calendar. Cut it apart and spread all 12 months onto a table so the entire year is clearly visible at a glance. Invite the teenagers to circle dates on the calendar that are im...