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How social media is disrupting the...
Ninety-two percent of American children have an online presence before the age of 2
Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore?
Reading anything serious has become a chore, like doing the laundry or prepping a meal for a kid brother
‘Black Lives Matter’...
We’ve actually had them (BLM) on video walking the streets of New York City calling for the death of police officers
‘Broke’ 50 Cent Ordered To...
Heading to court to explain why he’s declaring bankruptcy while posting pictures of himself surrounded by cash on Instagram
Age When Teens Start Using...
A new study shows that the age at which an adolescent starts using marijuana affects which parts of the brain will be…
Awakenings: Hope For The Future
George Lockhart: Here is the sermon I preached…
Time, Fear, And American Youth...
The single biggest change I noticed when I finished seminary was the change in the use and availability of time
Changing Perspectives On Youth...
Fifteen years ago I had no idea how unnerving, confusing, overwhelming it is to parent teenagers
The Collapse Of Parenting: Why It...
If anyone can be called the boss in modern, anti-hierarchical parenthood, it’s the children
Teaching Teenagers That Missions Is...
Our culture has transformed the word “missions” to a trip. We believe that through focusing in on the word “Serve”
How To Utilize Blab For Ministry
Have you started using Blab yet? Do you know what Blab is?
5 Essential Moves To Make Your...
How you make your moves will determine whether or not your students will listen to and learn from what you say
UK Government To Force All Online...
We want to make sure children are prevented from accessing porn online which should only be viewed by adults
Biggest Adolescent Drinkers Linked...
Is not the quality of the relationship between parent and child, but the level of control exercised by parents
Millennial Parents Turn To Net For...
From Crowdtap, which surveyed a thousand millennial parents about their online behaviors
Calming The Teenage Mind In The...
Students at Marblehead High School in Massachusetts meditate in a new Zen Room at the school
A Vicious #BLM Racist Attack On...
“They asked me if I believe that black lives matter,” “I would just keep eating my food.They were calling me a racist.”
Nathan 12 Had Watched So Much Porn,...
We must also ask, “How do we train our kids to be pure in heart?”
Dad Protects Daughter From Online...
The father was retired World Series MVP and future Hall of Fame pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Curt Schilling
A Community Partnership: A Church...
Church and the YMCA will serve as anchor “tenants” at this innovative, mixed-use community destination
Today’s Teens Are Better Than...
Comparative data about risk-taking behavior among teenagers in every year back to 1972
Police Believe ‘Kik’...
A popular app used by kids is under scrutiny again because of it’s suspected involvement in the murder of a young girl
Don’t Let Your Teenager Be The...
Following the death of a 13-year-old girl who told friends she was using Kik to connect with an 18-year-old man
Deadpool Crushes Rated R Record...
The red spandex-clad hero is just downright raunchy
Parents’ Guide How ‘...
I’m not here to tell you…what you can expect to find in it so you can decide if it’s for you or…
Snapchat “Speed” app...
Allows users to record their speed, leading authorities to say it may encourage speeding and reckless driving
Many Depressed Teens Don’t Get...
Prompt treatment is crucial because failure to relieve depression increases the risk of recurrent depression
First Size-16 Model To Cover ...
Plus-size model Ashley Graham will make history Monday when she becomes the first size-16 model to cover Sports Illustrated magazine’s vaunted “Swimsuit…
Kanye West Promotes New Album With ...
West begged his 18 million Twitter followers to “Pray” that he “overcome” his massive debt obligations
Late Night Texting Habits Of Teens...
In Sleep Deprivation, Affects School Performance
Harvard Study Proves These 3 Things...
The people who fared the best were the people who leaned in to relationships, with family, with friends, with community
What Every Parent Should Know About...
Teens are Hooked…9 Hours. That’s the average amount of time that teens are spending with screens thanks to smart phones
5 Things You Should Do to Help...
KidMin leaders DO experience burnout at a high level…
Why Kids Should Bring Their Devices...
3.79 billion mobile users, The Church has an opportunity to link a child’s spiritual growth to their mobile device
Beyoncé Slammed For Her “Black...
Beyoncé’s ‘black power’ salute during Super Bowl 50 halftime show slammed by Rudy Giuliani as ‘attack’ on police
Teen Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest In...
This Heart Month, we hope this video will inspire your Church and staff to become CPR and AED certified
The Crazy way Teens Are Hiding...
Young women are creating second portals for their shared images…
Instagram Supports ‘Fake&...
Starting this week, you can now switch between multiple accounts on Instagram, on one device
Are Teens Losing Conversational...
MIT Professor in the Social Studies of Science and Technology…teens are rapidly losing basic skills in conversation
Ten Fascinating Facts About Pastor...
From the work of Richard Hammer, statistical tome: 2016-2017 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff
Why Lent Is Good for Bad Christians
The somber season leading up to Easter might feel like punishment. In fact, for people like me, it’s sheer grace
How To Get Paid What You’re...
The biggest donors in many churches are parents in other words, families with students in youth ministry
What’s Jethro Got To Say?
3 Pieces of Advice From Moses’ Father-In-Law
Caroline’s Cart Can Be A Came...
The Shopping Cart For Special Needs Children Invented By Mom Going Nationwide In Target Stores
The Extraordinary Way First-Graders...
Zejd is deaf and didn’t know sign language, and no one at his school could communicate with him
3 Things I Did Wrong In 17 Years Of...
But those three categories of failures are slowly disappearing. I learned the hard way they have no place in my ministry
Phantom Community: What’s the...
“Someday, someday soon, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn to have a conversation.”
How We Unknowingly Sabotage Short...
We sabotage our short-term mission trips by not thinking through how our work affects the locals hosting us
FREE Chapter: Sticky Faith Service...
leaders and students must spend more time before, during, and after service projects preparing
FREE Workbook: Building Your Family...
Will help you plan for your family’s future in five steps. Great to send to parents in your Church
Resentencing Hearing Begins For...
Convicted middle school killer was back in court for a hearing for the 2004 murder of his best friend
Babies With Genes From 3 People...
Would it be ethical for scientists to try to create babies that have genetic material from three different people?
How Do States Support Their Public...
Badly, a new 50-state report card shows
Oklahoma Schools Display Signs...
Be aware.. can be legally armed and may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students
Book: Cultural Captives
Evangelicals are beginning to trade the core and eternal truth of Christ for captivity to the world.
Trend Indicates Over Half Of...
The percentage of emerging adult “nones” was now up to 33% of the population
CDC: Young Women Should Avoid...
“Alcohol can permanently harm a developing baby before a woman knows she is pregnant,”
Teen Boys Don Dresses To Protest...
“By allowing the dress code to become gender neutral, we are starting to bridge the gap of acceptance and unacceptance,”
Kirk Franklin Wants To Help You...
The pursuit of trying to know who God is, and trying to be known by God, can be lost in religion
Book: “Storify: Speaking To...
Solid resource, especially for someone who hasn’t had a ton of instruction on speaking/preaching to teenagers
Crafting Memorable Messages
Here are a few sites that help me shape messages
Three Thoughts On How To Design A...
A ministry strategy is how a church will accomplish the mission of making disciples
Four Essentials To A Simple...
Good strategy almost always looks simple and obvious and does not take a thick deck of PowerPoint slides to explain
Teaching Hard Truths In Middle...
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears…
4 Ways To Move Middle School...
There is virtually nothing static about a middle school student. There shouldn’t be anything static about your talk
10 Youth Pastor Expectations For...
You and I walk into a church with expectations of our own
20 Expectations Churches Have From...
Most Youth Pastors are ill prepared to tackle all of the unsaid, assumed expectations
Five Common Reasons Church Members...
Burnout is common with so many church members. But it does not have to be
Stop Believing These Lies About...
We as leaders must deal with our struggles, just like everyone else…We are just as human as everyone else
The Unspeakable Pain, Hope,...
As a youth pastor we’re suppose to have the right things to say in moments like this…
UConn Building ‘Black-Only&...
Low graduation rates for black males, UConn is trying something it calls bold — and critics call segregation
Marijuana May Affect Verbal Memory
Years of smoking pot may have an effect on a person’s verbal memory
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