Recording artist Bethany Dillon recently visited India with the ministry Gospel for Asia. Here’s her account. I’m a forgetful person. I know a lot of peo­ple say that about themselves; but in ...

Last winter, a young friend of mine named Rob gave up on his faith. I’ve seen people drift away from God before— me included—and I’ve seen people wilt in the face of hardships, doubt a...

Black Entertainment Television network recently launched a reality show called “Baldwin Hills.” It follows the lives of a group of African-American teenagers who live in what is portrayed as the bla...

I think my neighbor got a little freaked out last July when he saw me reading Helter Skelter as part of a project to revisit some of the events of the turbulent 1960s. Apparently, my decision to read about Char...

After graduating high school in Montana, Luke Dowler felt a new musical direction. He had recently moved from Japan and almost immediately formed a third wave ska band. A few of the members from his previous ba...

Gabe Lyons is the founder of the Fermi Project (fermiproject.com) and the Q Conference (see the July/August issue of YouthWorker Journal). Lyons commissioned The Barna Group to conduct a national study of teens...

If you involve them, they will come. With so many activities vying for teenagers’ time and energy—sports, academics, social life, sleep—it’s a wonder young people ever attend worship s...

As a youth worker, I was often on the lookout for cultural stuff I could use as springboards into talks about the gray areas of life. Having an apologetic bent, I was eager to locate ways to illuminate and cont...

I once was found, but now I’m lost. Ever entered that in your journal? This turn of a phrase accurately depicts this year for me. Not “lost” salvation-wise—I do not doubt a believer...

The electricity going out because of a thunderstorm only added to the drama. Two intense-looking men with badges and two translators came to question us. They wanted to know who we were, why we were there and w...