"See, I am making all things new" (Rev. 21:5). Perhaps you've heard of Andy Andrews. At the age of 19, he lost both of his parents within the span of a few weeks—his mother to cancer, his father in a tragi...

Bono, U2 Accept Award for Being a PainGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat HappenedEarlier this month, U2 won the Sonny Bono Visionary Award for the song "Ordinary ...

Quick Backdrop The 2014 Winter Olympics are just around the corner. Quick question: What is your favorite winter Olympic sport? A recent Google search showed that nearly every pole asking that question had...

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet..." (Ps. 119:105).During my childhood, I often carried small paperback books in my pocket. Then one year a teacher gave me a small packet of poems. She told me, "Carry one of th...

I guess there's a student such as Melanie in almost every youth ministry—the student who always shows up but may not stand out, the one who seems to be doing well and doesn't cause drama, the one who may ...

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Some days it feels as if there just isn't enough time to get it all done. Some weeks feel so busy and are so filled with meetings that although we are serving God, it's hard to see or hear Him. What about praye...

It's 8:30 on a Saturday morning in October. We've eaten our doughnuts in the church kitchen and are already on the road. Two vans with chaperones and teenagers are on their way to the Abbey of Gethsemani, where...

As noted in the forthcoming conversation, care of the soul is in these days—maybe too in. Tons of books, seminars, manuals, gurus and formulas are supposed to put us all in touch with that fragile, often ...

The calendars of most youth workers are full. We often run our ministries the same way, filling our calendars with events, hoping something connects kids to Christ. Despite our best efforts, we rarely take time...