When I have a moment, I sometimes reminisce about the different churches I have served through the years. I see the faces of the adults and youth with whom I have shared life. From time to time, I occasionally ...

"Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness" (1 Tim. 6:11).The lens is one of the most impactful inventions in human history. Lenses have enabled people to see great distances—eve...

D.A. Horton has been a rapper, youth worker, church planter and senior pastor. These days, he's the executive director of ReachLife Ministries, the non-profit arm of Reach Records. ReachLife began six years ago...

The first chapter of Genesis suggests we are made to make. Yet, if that's true, why do so many of us believe we aren't creative? How can we find inspiration? How can we use creativity to reach youth more effect...

Mike Lopez heads OneLife, an innovative menu of projects sponsored by the International Mission Board and its Student Mobilization Department. Churches, youth groups and individual students can engage at any le...

Do you remember the first time you saw the ocean? You walked toward the surf as it foamed and tumbled toward your bare feet. You had to squint to be able to see where the blue sky turned to liquid and the waves...

Tommy Woodard and Eddie James make a living doing the same thing they've done since high school: making people laugh."Ed and I both wanted to go to ‘Saturday Night Live.' We were going to load up in my re...

You will need some ticky-tac putty for this game, markers and paper. First, divide the group into two teams and give each group (the same) Bible verse of your choice. The groups then write this Bible verse...

"As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord" (Josh. 24:15).A few years ago, while vacationing with the family, we found ourselves off the beaten path, driving through small towns and hamlets lined by cornf...

Brandon K. McKoyIVP Books, 2013, 267 pp., $14.80In Youth Ministry from the Outside In, Brandon McKoy chips away at traditional youth ministry's reliance on Western individualism, and instead posits a relational...