My son, Will, a youth ministry major at Mid-America Christian University, was giving me a tutorial so he could beat me at his latest favorite computer game from www.addict­inggames.com. Across the...

It didn’t take long for Jenna to get my atten­tion after my “I’m Over 40” seminar at a national youth ministry workers convention last year. After an intense month that included a yo...

La Ceiba changed me forever. Nothing has ever opened my eyes more than my Global Village Youth Program trip to La Ceiba, Honduras, in May 2006. I have been involved with Habitat for Humanity for the past five...

During the horrendous first weekend of last November as New Life Church in Colorado Springs reeled from the sudden fall of its senior pastor, Ted Haggard, one of the church’s associate pastors, Rob Brendl...

God spoke to Balaam through a donkey. He got my attention recently while I was watching Jeopardy!, that famous TV game show created 43 years ago after someone asked, What if we had a show where the answers were...

When I graduated from high school back in the late 1980s, my classmates and I were excited about attending a four-year college and then going on to build a career and prove we could do great things. I...

Dear Will and Matt, Once boys, now men. You’re “leaving the nest”—rather thunderously, you must admit. Eighteen years ago, you turned our home upside down when we had to transform our...

Do youth ministry programs prepare young people for life after high school? We asked three college ministry experts to share how they see teenagers spiritual­ly, theologically and intellectually pre­par...

On March 6, 2006, I signed a contract with the Seahawks for the largest running-back deal in NFL history. I had waited, and God had answered. … Because of my mentors’ encouragement and help, I h...

Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander rushed for 1,880 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2005, leading his team to the Super Bowl and earning him the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award. Most folks expec...