Mark: The Gospel of Passion

Michael CardIVP Books, 2012, 204 pp., $16You may recognize the name Michael Card as you've probably sung or listened to one of the many songs he has written. You might be surprised to learn that outside his mus...

Super Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things

Cy TymonyAndrews McMeel, 2011, 160 pp., $12.99, AndrewsMcMeel.comAny youth leader who has dreamed of uses for the junk drawer at home or desk drawer filled with paper clips and batteries will love Super Sn...

15 Tips for Processing Mission Trips

The most important element of a mission trip is not worship, fun or service. Instead, the most important part of a mission trip is processing or debriefing your day with your team in order to help students wres...

The Bondage of the Impossible

To many, many Christians this verse is something to strive after: "Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy" (Leviticus 19:2). For the record, this is an impossibility period.Really?So many things are runn...

Game: Noodle Ball

What you need: a swimming noddle, bases, a whiffle ball, water hose.Here's a fun summer game that not only will engage your teens but cool them off on a hot summer day. Play the game as you would softball,...