Taking Youth Ministry Deeper

Meet the Roundtable: DALLAS WILLARD describes spiritual growth as an“increased consistent character and power for goodness.” On the flip side is what Willard calls spiritual drift. “Unless we...

Deploying Youth Ministry

Zach Johnson found his mother in the living room, sitting on the couch in front of the TV. Iraq was in the news again, and tears were running down her cheeks. Zach didn’t know what to say. He knew she m...

How is truth true?

A few years ago I walked into class of undergraduates in Boston a moment before it was to begin and picked up the book I was using for instruction that day. It was not the typical textbook—it was a book ...

Prom Dates from Hell

Delacorte Press, 2007, 320 pp., $15.99, www.randomhouse.com/teens This teen lit novel starts sassy and fun, loaded with humor and quippy repartee. But it takes a turn for the uncomfortable when a demon is s...

Hip-Hop Sundays in Youth Ministry

Sunday morning worship in the urban church: How far is too far? How can we present the gospel in a modern, relevant way that doesn’t water down—or drown out—the timeless message of Jesus Chr...