About the Devotions: • Seven days of Christmas devotions from the Christmas story.• Each day looks at one specific character from the Christmas narrative.• Each devotion pu...

When I was 17, I started dating my first boyfriend. Having grown up in a conservative Christian home, purity was something I had heard around every corner. Yet, when it came to having a boyfriend, I still had n...

Sometimes church youth groups are easier for loud, outgoing teenagers. Awkward situations don't intimidate them. When they walk into a room, all they see is the potential for a great time.However, youth groups ...

Christmas Can Look Different in Tough TimesGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened: With unemployment still high and many families cutting back on spending, t...

Once upon a time (it was actually 1999), youth workers sent us questions about worship for our interview with worship experts Robert Webber and Sally Morganthaler.Much has changed since then. Webber, a prolific...

The youth pastor tore pages right out of the Bible. None of the youth group members could believe what they were witnessing. The pages of Leviticus fluttered to the ground with hardly a sound.He had asked them ...

I previously wrote an article discussing my trust issues with letting other adults teach and lead. I've had some good follow-up conversations from it and wanted to put the second part in play, as well. I'm real...

It's Tim Tebow time around the nation, not just in Colorado, where fans are celebrating the quarterback's winning ways. The Broncos were 1-4 before Tebow took over as quarterback. They won seven of eight games ...

Several years ago, I had a life-changing experience with a ninth grade boys' small group I was leading. We were studying Jesus' teaching on the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-40. I had ho...

I've walked with Jesus for more than 50 years. Most of those years have been spent in full-time vocational ministry. I've tried to be intentional about contributing to the field of youth ministry by modeling fa...