Theological People
What does youth ministry have to do with theology?It has been remarked in some corners of practical theology academia that youth ministry is taking a theological turn. Whether that happens at a popular lev...
You Complete Me
This is a fun word game that can create an enticing beginning to a more serious discussion. Pass around index cards and pencils and ask each teenager to write an open-ended sentence that others in the group can...
Engaging the Media 2.0
Equipping Christian Teens to Think Critically and Make Wise Choices About Entertainment and the MediaWe are mostly passive in our choices of media. This is because we too often choose media for the sake of ente...
Only God Book Launch Party Attracts 1,000 People
More than one thousand people celebrated the release of Only God by Dwight Mason earlier this month at the Only God book launch party.The Only God launch party was held on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Ne...
Roots: 6-Week Video-Driven Youth Evangelism Curriculum
The Way of the Master Youth Evangelism Curriculum DVD SeriesLiving Waters, 6-Week StudyThe highly popular and greatly effective The Way of the Master Series has dominated and empowered Christian witnessing sinc...
The Way: New Living Translation
Edited by Mark OestreicherTyndale House Publishers, 2012, 1,616 pp., $44.99The Way (NIV) is geared toward youth and includes a wide variety of tools from a long list of thoughtful contributors. Most of the...
The Sword of Six Worlds: Book One in the Adventures of Validus Smith
Matt Mikalatos A Capella Books, 2012, 111 pp., $8.99In The Sword of Six Worlds, Validus Smith (a.k.a. Val) is an ordinary middle school girl with an ordinary middle school life, that is until a crazy monst...
99 Thoughts for Student Leaders
Doug FranklinGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 136 pp., $5.99Just as those looking for the best leadership books can't go wrong with any of John Maxwell's titles, youth leaders seeking to strengthen their stud...
99 Thoughts for Volunteers: Making an Impact Right Where You Are
Danette MattyGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 200 pp., $7.99During my years of leading teenagers as a professional or hired staff, I often looked for resources I could hand off to my adult volunteer team. Pra...
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Teenage Brains
Mark OestreicherGroup/Simply Youth Ministry, 2012, 72 pp., $,6.99Parents may remember the commercial with the tag line: "This is your brain on drugs." Oestreicher's pithy A Parent's Guide to Understanding ...