Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone WrongMary KassianMoody Publishers, 2010, 267 pp., $14.99, MoodyPublishers.com Concerned with the state and portrayal of modern womanhood, Kassian discusses 20 topics and contras...

Guys are Waffles, Girls are SpaghettiChad Eastham, Bill and Pam FarrelThomas Nelson, 2009, 240 pp., $12.99, ThomasNelson.com As a teenage spinoff of Bill and Pam Farrel's early works, Guys are Waffles, Girls a...

Who Speaks to Your Heart? Tuning in to Hear God's WhispersStacy Hawkins AdamsZondervan, 2010, 186 pp., $12.99, Zondervan.com This text is written for women seeking insight on how to hear and follow God's will....

No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction, Second EditionMarnie C. FerreeInterVarsity Press, 2010, 269 pp., $20.00, IVPress.com Brava to Marnie Ferree for handling what so many see as a taboo subject and...

A Faith of Your Own: Naming What You Really BelieveRonald J. AllenWestminster John Knox Press, 2010, 144 pp., $16.95, WJKBooks.com A Faith of Your Own is an important resource for those looking to articulate w...

Mission work is simple. Seriously, think about it. Take a crummy place, add some overly privileged youth, throw in a Bible verse and a dash of awareness, and there you have it—a mission experience. The pr...

My film students at Pepperdine prefer real stories to Hollywood fiction. Thankfully, the tools to make a movie never have been more affordable. It is easier to tell stories of spiritual change and social transf...

When God Shows Up: A History of Protestant Youth Ministry in AmericaMark H. Senter IIIBaker Academic, 2010, 384 pp., $26.99, BakerBooks.com It's tough to read a book without its cover giving you a bias. I've b...

What do mixing concrete, long trips, little sleep and eating unusual food have to do with real mission work?Many youth groups take an annual short-term mission trip. Unfortunately, many people who go on these t...

The Changing Senior YearThe senior year of high school is considered by many to be a rite of passage of sorts: That final year feels like the triumphant culmination of a dozen or more years of hard work, capped...