Les Christie: Games Guru; Author; Youth Ministry Chair, William Jessup University40+ years YWJ: What do young leaders most need to succeed as they start out in youth ministry?Les Christie: It's still all abou...

Are Violent Video Games Protected by First Amendment?Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened:Can the government regulate violent video games? The U.S. S...

Ogden, a town about 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City, Utah, isn't the first place that comes to mind when you hear the phrase "Urban Ministry." A university town that's home to more than 80,000 people, Ogden ...

Teaching About Advent:I subscribe to several weekly emails from various church and youth ministries. I have found that around Thanksgiving, all of them send me messages about Advent. I read each of them wi...

I have been reading about David's mighty men recently and I am always blown away by their honor and heroism. If 2 Samuel 23 were made into a movie, it would make the movie 300 look like The Blind Side. These wa...

"Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love Me?' He said, 'Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said, 'Feed My sheep'" (John 21:17).To prepare for this activity, ...

Despite what the pessimists and naysayers would have us believe, America is a great nation in which we're all privileged to live. David and Andrea Reiser explain what the true nature of patriotism is—and ...

For the longest time, I have tried really hard to relate to students. I have known that music was a very powerful gateway, and if I just had a little guidance I would be able to relate to them, to understand th...

Wisdom from Three Centuries* of Youth MinistryJim Burns is senior director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University and the president of HomeWord and host of the "HomeWord wi...

An intentional relationship, spiritually focused, where one individual is empowered toward the purposes of God through the investment and life experiences of another as they journey together is the definition o...