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Addressing Church Stereotypes With...
These statements are a microcosm of how the greater society perceives the church, as an institution that society must marginalize or eradicate
Ahhh. . . I Wonder What The Poor...
Walt Muller…Jesus said, “Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45)
Mindfulness Training Doesn’t...
Mindfulness training doesn’t appear to provide the benefits to teens many schools were hoping for when it comes to mental health, a…
Anxiety Is More Likely To Be Passed...
Research now suggests that anxiety disorders are passed down from mother to daughter and that having a father without anxiety protects sons…
Busy = Something Is Usually Broken....
Someone once told me, “If the devil can’t make you bad, he will make you busy.” Doug takes it a bit farther…
Book: America in Perspective
Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation
Book: Race Marxism: The Truth About...
Lindsay explains what critical race theory is, what it believes, where it comes from, how it operates, and what we can do…
Why Teachers R leaving? Student...
615 Midwestern Teachers Reveal Why They’re Really Leaving the Classroom
Social Sanity Book Club Chapter 2:...
Who are you? Who are you on social media?
UK: TikTok, Instagram Top News...
UK broadcasting and telecommunications regulator Ofcom has found that teenagers are turning off television news in favour of digital alternatives
Menstrual Changes After Covid...
A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination.
R.I.P: Unschooler, Entrepreneur,...
“Don’t Tell Me I Can’t” by Kevin Cooper (aka Cole Summers) deserves a place in the alternative education canon
Book: Don’t Tell Me I Can&...
Kevin’s book is an argument for letting kids drive their own education and for letting them tackle life head-on in any arena…
How Instagram Is Making Girls...
By last year it was up to 44 percent, the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded
Transformation Of A Transgender...
“Mom and Dad, I need to tell you I’m not actually a girl,” she read. “My pronouns are they/them.”
Two Resources For Ministering To...
If you are a youth worker without a plan for ministry to students questioning their gender, don’t put it off any longer
Training leaders In Your...
How Do You Train and Empower Lay Leaders in Your Youth Ministry? Part Two
Great Article From A Former ...
California Weighs Gender-Transition Bill for Youths Beyond Its Borders
The Abortionist For 10-yr-old Rape...
Fuentes remains in the Franklin County jail on a $2 million bail. ICE agents have placed a detainer on him so that…
4 Practical Ideas For VBS Follow-Up
Your follow-up plan needs to be intentional. It all begins with your VBS “why.” Your first step in VBS planning is establishing…
How To Recruit For A Successful...
Top 6 Secrets for Successful Ministry Recruitment
Trans Person Pissed Returns To Life...
It was basically like medical professionals cheering on a girl with bulimia..“There’s a lot of money to be made by doctors here….
What is The Church And Why...
Student pastors must be diligent in connecting students to a new local church where they are moving
How Creeps Are Stealing Nude Images...
A creepy T-Mobile employee stole nude photos of a young Queens woman when she went to the store to trade in her…
How Victoria’s Secret Targeted...
Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, premiering July 14 on Hulu, examines how they gave generations of women body dysmorphia
Black Fatherless Homes…Grooming...
Late 1960s, 80% of black children were born into 2-parent families. Today, 80% of black children are born into fatherless homes
30-minute Class Can Improve...
“We’re trying to get teenagers to realise that when you’re doing something hard and your body starts to feel stressed, that could…
Bad Dad Obituary
“A dad to none” and “incapable of love.” Damaging his adult children, and leaving them broken
In The Darkness Of Death, Where Do...
What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul,…
What Could Have Prevented Highland...
“The problem is either no one noticed or took official steps, or they hadn’t quite reached a point under existing laws where…
Parent Prayer Cards
Using these cards, you can pray that God will develop His own characteristics within you and your family to change the world…
The Dangers Of Gender-Affirmative...
American doctors are unnecessarily harming children
Resources For Navigating LGBTQ...
We’ve included a number of books that may also help you think through these issues before you talk with your teenagers.
Don’t Be Afraid Of The Teen Years...
And be on the lookout for the release of an updated edition of The Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting…
Christian Hedonism, Student...
It’s important to examine how Christian hedonism presses into the real world, especially for youth ministers and parents of teenagers
Book by Jim Burns: Finding Joy In...
Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life
4 Tips To Avoid Drama
You need to know how to work through drama when you encounter it. Otherwise, you’re headed toward a vicious cycle that will…
Video: How To Raise Successful Kids...
I think this Ted talk is worth watching. I like the term “over-parenting.” I think some parents are doing that and it’s…
TikTok Trend Has Teens Flocking To ...
Viral TikTok trend dubbed “Gentle Minions,” where large groups of teens dress up in formal attire to go see the movie
Helping Young People To Lament
Helping young people process anger and grief through lament
How To Lead A Kid Who’s An...
Over the years, I’ve spotted kids who are underdogs. They are outsiders. late bloomers. But somehow, they step up.
Flashback: Help Me With…...
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
Calendaring: The Do’s And Don...
A major conundrum for smaller youth ministries is critical mass, and it starts with the calendar. But before a small-church team should…
How To Set A Solid Calendar For The...
In order to plan a successful calendar there needs to be: CLARITY AROUND YOUR MINISTRY’S VALUES AND VISION
Revitalize Your Youth Ministry...
Do you see yourself as a busy youth worker who tries to plan ahead, but ends up executing events that you haven’t…
Calendaring: Balancing Family And...
Sean shared that their first year of marriage was atypical in that it was very easy
How2 Plan For Your Ministry’s...
6 Phases of Planning a 12 to 18 month Calendar
13-Month Calendar Plan Your Kids’...
I had to plan my ministry calendar well in advance just to make sure it worked with the rhythms of family life
They Didn’t Tell You All About...
Sometimes life can be difficult, but the bonds we create with others can be more important than our financial situation and the…
Schools’ New Misgendering Rules...
Schools’ New Misgendering Rules Will Create Compliant, Fearful Children Perfect For Totalitarianism
Book: Lead Them To Jesus
Biblical Truths and Practical Help for Youth Workers. From who is the trinity, LGBT issues to how to run your youthministry
Walt Mueller On this, The last Day...
I’ve become more and more convinced that being on the right side of God’s Word, will, and way will oftentimes mean that…
Supreme Court Hands Down Huge...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday morning that government tuition assistance programs cannot discriminate against religious schools
Parents Challenge Texas School Code...
Claimed student self-esteem would be improve as the dress code would “promote positive behaviour, thereby enhancing school safety and improving the learning…
3-Tips To Crush Your Ministry...
Have you ever had those months in student ministry where it feels like you simply can’t catch your breath?
Suit Hits Loudoun Schools’ ...
“The extreme social gender experiments being forced onto small children are nothing short of government-directed child abuse and child sexual exploitation,”
The Catastrophe Of 12 Million...
The decline of marriage and the rise of fatherlessness in America remain at the center of some of the biggest problems facing…
Spelling Bee Contestant Asks The...
Judges at a school spelling bee are stumped and infuriated when a child dares to ask them for a definition of the…
The Federalist Papers…Free Online...
Thomas Jefferson described The Federalist Papers as “the best commentary on the principles of government, which ever was written.”
Book.Battle 4The American Mind:...
America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom….
Middle School Camp Mistakes
Over the last 10-15 years, I have chosen to run my own camps for my groups and/or decided to run missions trips…
Boy Scout Who Aided Amtrak...
Two Boy Scout troop members were on board the Amtrak train that derailed, used their critical scout training to aid their fellow…
RIP, Young Cole Summers…
Homeschooler, how I started my farm when I was 7, grew that to a 350 acre ranch, fixed up my 1st house
Words Matter: Talking About Parents...
4 Tips to bridge the gap between students and parents, because our words matter
Biden Admin Directing Teen Moms To...
Promoting a website that tells expecting mothers where to get an abortion and how to circumvent parental notification laws where such laws…
Male Wins Women’s Skateboarding ...
“Pisses me off. Many have worked so hard to get women’s skateboarding more recognition girls have worked so hard.”
Supreme Court Rules For Public...
Former coach Joseph Kennedy argued that the Bremerton School District in Washington state violated his religious freedom by telling him he couldn’t…
Transgender-Identifying Youth...
More conservative-leaning states tend to have lower numbers of persons associating with the transgender identity, whereas more left-leaning states have higher percentages
Kids & BSA Watched Fully Nude...
Children younger than ten watched fully nude bikers at the Seattle Pride Parade, which was kicked off by the Boy Scouts of…
Sweden Kept Schools Open During The...
Data from 97,073 Swedish primary school students (grades 1-3) were analysed to investigate potential learning loss
Megan Fox “Yeah, I Have Body...
“We may look at somebody and think, ‘That person’s so beautiful. Their life must be so easy’. They most likely don’t feel…
Kyle Rittenhouse New Video Game...
Proceeds from the game will fund Rittenhouse’s efforts to sue media outlets for defamation.
Amazing Rescue
American Anita Alvarez fainted in the pool during the FINA World Championships in Budapest
Parents Might Sue Medical Providers...
The Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act would make medical practitioners liable for “any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms” that result from…
Rapinoe Tells Girls, Parents To Get...
Dismissing concerns about fairness while emphasizing that people “need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life.”
3 Ways to Reach Busy Students This...
Youth ministry is shifting and changing. It is morphing into something it has never been before, and I am not sure…
Officers Arrived With Rifles,...
Officers were inside Robb Elementary School with rifles and ballistic shield at 11:52 a.m. Didn’t enter the classroom for another 58 minutes
Lessons I’ve Learned Over My 30...
Greg Stier: The 5 Most Important Lessons…
Teaching God’s Design For Sex...
Walt Mueller: 10 truths on sex and gender in God’s Word we must continually teach our children and teens
Belief In God In U.S. Dips To 81%,...
81% believe in God, down from 87% in 2017
What Parents Need To Know About The...
Teens are using emoji and secret lingo to find illegal drugs. How parents can crack the code
Experts Question CDC Approval Of...
Pfizer study used 3 children. There are no studies on children showing a reduction in hospitalization or death with taking a booster
Doing Life With Your Adult Children
Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What’s the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my…
Help Me With… Administration
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
The Pfizer Data For Kids Under 5
Here’s what the Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer did; they only counted cases after the THIRD mRNA dose.
Why Detransitioned Teens Regret...
At 12 she decided she was transgender. At 13, put on puberty blockers and testosterone. At 15, a double mastectomy. Than realized…
100 Examples: Trans-Males Who Have...
How many victims do you deem acceptable collateral damage for prioritising male feelings over women’s safety?
Sharp Rise In Transgender Young...
Social media has been a significant catalyst for teenagers questioning their gender identities today
A Tampon Shortage Is The Latest...
Supply chain problems and inflation have hit virtually all consumer goods, but women
When States Legalize Pot, More...
Pot use among U.S. minors increases when states legalize recreational cannabis for adults, according to a new study
The Power Of A Mom
How Mother-Youth Emotional Climate Helps Adolescents Cope with Stress
Twin Valedictorians Graduate From...
“My sister and I chose HCC because we graduated from high school at the start of the pandemic and were hesitant to…
Teacher Gives Children Opportunity...
Here is a teacher who interviews kids who learn differently and have special needs
Soros Backed Prosecutors Has Led To...
Soros spent $40 million to elect 75 ‘social justice’ prosecutors: Report by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
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