A new study published in Psychological Science suggests that nearly one of every 10 children is addicted, on some level, to video games.The study, conducted by Douglas Gentile, director of research for the Nati...

Once thought of as an esoteric, mystical pursuit, meditation is going mainstream. A government survey in 2007 found that about 1 out of 11 Americans, more than 20 million, meditated in the past year. And a grow...

Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program wa...

San Diego County officials agreed Wednesday to rescind a cease-and-desist order issued to a pastor holding a small Bible study in his home. In a letter to the pastor, the county’s chief administrative off...

I first met Amber when she attended one of our ministry’s summer mission trips as a guest. Every night, when our mission team gathered to debrief, Amber rapidly would ask a series of questions. Wrestling ...

Tim was an average fifth-grade student. He had a hard time paying attention, was tired of his church’s Sunday School program and was looking forward to middle school and something new.When sixth grade arr...

Forever Young--Growing Up and Growing Old in the 21st CenturyGet downloadable PDF.Get PowerPoint Presentation.About/Disclaimer.What Happened:Janet Cunliffe of Great Britain loves her 28-year-old daughter Jane. ...

I’ve been told that the notion of ministry assessment is not naturally attractive to today’s young, postmodern youth worker. Being 55 years old, I need to confess that is not how I’m wired. I&...

What impact am I having in the lives of the kids I serve?Some of the best youth workers constantly ask themselves this question, but the answers are hard to find. Much of youth work is a form of seed planting. ...

As we showed in our 2000 book, GenX Religion, many young people were giving up on the sterile, rationalist Protestant worship they were experiencing in their churches. We saw young people making radical switche...