As a member of a touring rock band, and as a creative arts pastor, I’ve spent countless hours interacting with young people in and out of a church context. One observation consistently has surfaced during...

This city has become a front line in a generational battle for jobs, as older workers increasingly compete against applicants in their 20s for positions at supermarkets, McDonald’s and dozens of other pla...

Seventeen-year-old Natalie Tracey recently adjusted her cell phone plan to accommodate her growing text-messaging addiction. But the Sacramento high school senior had never heard of anyone at her school "sextin...

Sometimes the best news is that a story makes no news.In the fall of 2008, the supporters of Proposition 8, a ballot initiative meant to ban gay marriage in the state of California, fell on a lucky break: video...

The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to challenge the guiding principle of evolution, a step that could influence what is taught in biology classes across the na...

From Hmmmm ... Jonathan's Blog: "Should I let my kids see Twilight?" I've heard that question from parents more than any other question in the last 12 months. If you don't know about Twilight, it's more than...

The Dallas school system was rocked by allegations Thursday that staff members at an inner-city high school made students settle their differences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage. The...

In the hallway of Hostos-Lincoln Academy in the Bronx this week, two ninth-grade girls discussed the pop singer Chris Brown, 19, who faces two felony charges for allegedly beating his girlfriend, the pop singer...

Recently, a man I know—a professing Christian, active in ministry—went away to prison for a long, long time. He was found guilty of more than two-dozen counts related to the sexual molestation and...

What happens when the phone rings in the middle of night? How would you respond if one of your youth group members was being rushed to the hospital with a serious illness?I know what you are thinking because it...