OakRiver, 2006, 178, $11.00,www.gmclean@mcyfc.orgCry of the Streets, a personal account of interactions by Gordon McLean, takes an exciting look at the power of God working in the lives of the most unlikely peo...

Baker Books, 2006, 256 pages, $12.99,www.BakerPublishingGroup.comThis resource is a handy biblical reference on a plethora of issues students potentially face. It covers an extensive array of subjects ranging f...

Baker Books, 2006, 187 pages, US $12.99,www.bakerbooks.comI was planning to visit Honduras this June to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. But after reading Serving with Eyes Wide Open, I’...

Edited by Eugene C. Roehlkepartiain, Pamela Ebstyne King, Linda Wagener, and Peter L. Benson.Sage Publications, 2006, 543 pp., $125,www.sagepub.comThere is probably not a more complete contribution to the issue...

Zondervan Publishing, 2006, 288 pp.,$17.99, zondervan.comFor those who have wondered why kids don’t come with owner’s manuals, this matched pair of books is a welcome relief. Teenage Guys is an exte...

InterVarsity Press, 2006, 120 pp., $14.00,www.ivpress.comAre you in need of some fresh drama material in your youth ministry? Steven James offers new scripts designed to illustrate and reveal humans’ conn...

When I advocate “teaching to provoke” by intentionally aggravating or disagreeing with a teen or parent, I do not mean causing annoyance. What I mean is that the youth minister should be able and wi...

There I was, in my beat-up ’69 VW Bug — just 20 minutes before youth group — barreling down the freeway. I was late for youth group, but now I had no time to prepare my lesson. Even worse, I...

An author was discussing C.S. Lewis on C-SPAN’s “Book TV.” When a member of the audience asked how Lewis would express his Christian faith in today’s world, the author believed Lewis wou...

Every week for 20 years, I’ve studied, prepped, and taught students God’s Word. I bring food for thought, prayer, fun, stories, surprises, community builders, provocation, truth, laughter, sugar, an...