What happens when a romantic relationship goes wrong? In many cases, girls and women cling to these bad romances by telling themselves the bad excuses below.If you want to help your kids build healthier relatio...

Who says kids shouldn't play with their food? Here's a great game to get your students working together, being creative and having a blast!Instructions:• Divide students onto groups.• Give each grou...

Get downloadable PDF.The WordAs you read the following bite-sized chunks of Scripture, look for answers to these questions:1. What does God's Word (precepts, commands, law, etc.) do for us or to us? How can it ...

What are kids watching? Here's the lowdown on three key shows:• U.S. teen pregnancies are down, but MTVs popular "Teen Mom" series returned to the cable channel Jan. 11.• "Skins," an American versio...

Full disclosure: I have 1,156 friends on Facebook. Clearly, I spend some time on the infamous social network!Currently in my 28th year of youth ministry, I have seen many technological changes. Remember the day...

"We lived on farms, then we lived in the cities. And now, we're going to live on the Internet."—Facebook co-founder Sean Parker in the movie The Social NetworkIt was 2005 when Parker, then president of a ...

Golden-Voiced Homeless Man Finds YouTube FameGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Ted Williams had no idea that Jan. 3 would be any different than Jan. 2, ...

Our students live in the digital world, and the moments and hours they spend on their cell phones, the Internet, Facebook and texting shape their social and spiritual lives.That's why we interviewed four expert...

I'm sure this issue of YouthWorker Journal will be filled with amazing ideas and reflections on the use of social media in youth ministry. As a youth ministry trainer, I've often talked about the amazing minist...

Technology is an amazing tool for youth ministry, but as a youth worker I've found it can be like the rattle on a venomous snake. Here are five ways that technology attempts to lure and distract me from abundan...