Open Space at NYWC 2009
Open Space is a collaborative and participant-driven learning experience offered at the National Youth Workers Convention in 2009. Come join hundreds of other youth workers and get real answers and solutions...
Come see us in Cincinnati!
See us at the upcoming YS event in Cincinnati Oct 29-Nov 1. Come by booth #102-104 and register to win a Martin Backpacker guitar with all the accessories. Also, take advantage of subscribing to YouthWorker Jou...
Illustrations
Below you'll find illustrations we're currently borrowing from our sister web site, Preaching.com. In time we plan to modify these to be sure they're more specifically relevant to youth and those who work wi...
Discussion Starter: Church to Burn Bibles
A North Carolina church plans to go ahead with a Halloween burning of bibles and other books even though it's illegal. (AssociatedPress) ...
Report: Colleges raising tuition
If you have kids in your youth group preparing for college, they have some bad news: A report from the College Board last week says that tuition at public and private colleges for the 2009-10 academic year outp...
Created to Create
This past summer I had the pleasure of hiking in Glacier National Park in northern Montana. Mountains jutting out of mountains. Glacier-fed emerald lakes tucked away in glacier-carved basins. Brightly colored w...
Embracing Technology for the Glory of God
Technology always has changed the world. Ever since we discovered fire and then the wheel, and (more recently) the eight-track player and cell phone, new technology has been adjusting how we do life.A little mo...
Life, Death, & the Uncertainty of It All
From Reflections:Life is a gift. Eternal life is a promise. "And this is what he (God) promised us - even eternal life." (1 John 2:25) When a young person dies, it is easy to start blaming or questioning God....
Curve Balls, Gut Punches and Heartaches
The last day of 1999, we had a curve ball thrown at us: We were going to have a baby. Medical specialists had told us years before that we'd probably never have any more kids after our first and only child, Rac...
Putting a Face on Faceless Children
Five years ago, Stephen Christian, lead singer of the bands Anberlin and Anchor & Braille, had an idea.What started as a church mission trip to Haiti turned into a group of concerned musicians and managers ...