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Flashback: Students Fear Moving To...
Moving is the most jostling, treacherous, and terrifying trial an adolescent can experience. Fresh start is overshadowed by changes
The False Reality of Social Media
Social media offers an alternate view of who we are as individuals
Top 3 Qualities I’m looking For...
Someone just asked me, “Jonathan, we’re looking for a new youth pastor.
How To Improve Your Middle School...
That said, the primary audience with which you need to communicate is still the parents, or caregivers
5 Core Values Your Team Must Foster...
Somewhere along the way, American churches have communicated that comfort trumps the Great Commission
Great Expectations: The Power of...
Make sure everyone around you knows what to expect from you, from each other, and from the church or the ministry
Joining God Where He’s Already At...
“God does not have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God…
20 Leadership Experts Share Their...
Trust what these leaders say about good leadership. They are experts on the topic
The Growing Popularity Of Death
Which Teens Are at Risk of Suicide and Why?
Abortion Clinic Closings Are...
In most states in America, at least one abortion provider closes every two weeks
47 Million Pirated Academic Papers...
Digital piracy is pretty much anything that people feel is unfairly priced… even academic papers
Snapchat Users Now Watch Eight...
Snapchat was at two billion daily video views last May
7 Reasons Millennials Are...
Here are the key issues threatening our generation, that we hope the next administration will tackle, so that we, too, can live…
Father Throws 15-year-Old Daughter...
…with Nick Jonas, Pitbull, make-up by the Kardashians’ artist and photos by Michelle Obama’s photographer
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S.F. Public Library Hosts Drag...
This project is about taking back the radically queer roots of the neighborhood. With art and literature..interventions
Flashback: Why Teens Don’t...
The responses being shared pertain to those kids who specifically indicated that they don’t talk openly with their parents
3 Secrets To Reaching Assimilating...
Commuter students pose a difficult challenge to many college ministries. They are there one minute, and then they are not
Gen Y: You Will Take Over 25,000...
The survey also revealed that a pupil take about seven minutes to take a selfie
France: Parents Who Post pictures...
French Parents Could Face a Year in Prison and $50K Fine for Uploading Unwanted Photos of Their Children to Facebook
Against The Sticker Chart
Priming kids to expect rewards for good behavior can harm their social skills in the long term
Why ‘The Death of Cultural...
Grammy Nominated Christian Rapper Flame Explains…
Andy Stanley Explains His ...
Andy Stanley has come under fire for remarks he made about small churches in a recent sermon
What Is The Sticky Faith Cohort?
“Sticky Faith isn’t about programs; it’s about changing culture.”
Baltimore Boy Stops Prays For...
“This was an amazing sight! I pray this kid becomes a leader amongst his peers, and continues on this path!!”
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016)
Five Lessons Young Christians Should Draw From His life Of Faith
Flashback: The Coddling Of The...
In the name of emotional well-being, students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like
Bowdoin Students In Therapy After...
This is the latest incident of American students being offered therapy after being offended
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Joel Stigale is a missionary with Miami Youth for Christ who has dedicated his life to youth ministry and reaching people in…
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Stop Shopping For A Church
The local church wasn’t established to create amenities for your enjoyment but ministries for your service
11 Signs You’re Burning Out
There are a few times a year when I hit a ministry slump: January / February and then again in August
“4 Goals in Dealing with Parents...
Sometimes I feel parents can be the hardest..here are 4 goals I try to have with with a parents
How Do I Police My Teen’s Online...
I am having trouble navigating what my role is in policing my 14-year-old’s online social life
How Much Teen Fashion Has Changed...
Teen retail has changed a lot in the past decade..”Their entire life, if it’s not shareable, it didn’t happen,”
Survivors Emerge From Teen Retail...
Abercrombie and American Eagle continue to lose market share to the rapidly emerging fast-fashion brands like
Teen Assembles Hospital Care Kits...
Dayna herself suffers from six different illnesses. “I’m in and out of the hospital a lot,” she says.
22-Year-Old Transgender Dies After...
‘Suicide Seeds’ Purchased Online for $5: ‘I Watched My Kid Die,’ Says Mom
Overcoming Immaturity In Youth...
You think you are doing the right thing when, in fact, you are doing the wrong things
Solutions To Nine Classroom...
After seeing several discipline problems, we asked the experts what they would’ve done with each challenge
The 3 Most Perplexing Discipline...
You’ve most likely encountered them and they probably left you scrambling
Charges Expected After 30-Girl...
“This is a school where you gotta fight, you just gotta fight.”
Three 12-Year-Old Girls Got...
The girl wanted to get back at the teacher, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Chick-fil-A ‘Cell Phone...
“Family Challenge” and here’s how it works: Turn all family cell phones to silent and place in the cell phone coop
What Our Ministry Was Doing In...
5am-6am Lent prayer meetings each day. This was not what I wanted to hear after 29 hours of flying and then another…
Teacher Forced To Resign After...
“The teacher is being punished, (but) it’s the student who needs to be punished,”
The Greatest Threat To Your Youth...
Discipleship process shies away from a missional movement to a game-filled information download session
“When You Get Slammed By The Lead...
It never feels good getting run over by the metaphorical bus. You typically never see it coming
How To Create And Maintain A...
3 Keys To Help Your Children’s Ministry Thrive
A 12-year-old Girl Is Facing...
Left the police and courts wrestling with how to treat a newly popular idiom many still dimly grasp
E-cigarettes 1 Million Times More...
One million times more than roadside air in Hong Kong,”
How Successful People Do more In A...
“You have the same number of hours in the day as Beyoncé.”
Jennifer Garner Reveals Why She’s...
A practice that she said halted when she made her way to Tinseltown.
A Look At Hip Hop’s Big...
Nielsen looks at the growth in Hip Hop, top songs, and who is listening
The Art Of Receiving Feedback In...
It took me years to learn that my internal narrative was my hindrance, not my mistake or the feedback.
6 Books To Read If You’re New To...
You can see the difference in the last book I recommended, which is written by a British youth worker. His advice is
Why Teenage Girls Roll Their Eyes
Adolescents usually hate being told what to do, and will reflexively resist even suggestions with which they agree
6 Benchmarks In Your Youth Ministry
Knowing where you are and what is ahead can keep you from quitting when it gets tough
Flashback: 10 Mistakes New Youth...
Commonly made mistakes when you’re new or old. Most of these are mistakes of “omission” rather than “commission.”
Teen Delighted With Prospect Of...
Moscow:”while his mother is furious
Teen Drowns On Mission Trip To...
‘Mommy, there’s so much other than NY. People in NY stress over materialistic things and there is so much more to life,’”
UK: Debut novel…Is Now The...
Critics…warning that the dominance of unchallenging books could harm literacy levels among teenagers
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