Eighty per cent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active
Love is to be celebrated but not worshiped. It is easy in our culture to worship a quality that is not a…
Without an anchor, we drift along with the prevailing winds of the spirit of the times. Without a stake in the ground…
What’s it like to have millions of fans when you’re 10? What’s it like to have thousands of people insult or adore…
Hillsong Church Senior pastor Brian Houston the church does “not affirm a gay lifestyle.” No “gay people in positions of leadership,”
Preteens who look at a phone or television screen in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of not getting…
This means that student success isn’t determined by genetics, but by parenting
Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
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Success in student ministry doesn’t always happen while they are students in your program. It often happens years later. That is why…
“How did you steward what I gave you faithfully?”
kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests
3 Ways to Avoid Yelling at Your Kids
Seeing the deeper longings behind teenagers and social media
Multiple times during any particular week, this season often feels overwhelming, stressful, and just hard.
How to Help Your Student Athletes Win On and Off the Field
“It is not enough to be connected all day long. To feel respected and asked to get involved, is greater than simply…
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Using social media does not appear to reduce feelings of loneliness. In fact, it can make you feel more lonely
Continue to expose and free us from the faith-less, grace-less, law-heavy ways we parent, Father. Free us from over-stressing our kids and…
…is either addressing or exploiting—you decide—the subject that isn’t talked about much in most homes
You may be a skeptic or have confusion about the Enneagram and thats okay. These have just been a few ways the…
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A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies
In my experience there are two big factors that drive people out of professional youth ministry…
This is the second year that Dan has published the results of his massive, online survey of youth worker compensation
Students, have a First Amendment right to express a religious viewpoint to another student, including distribute flyers
“Choosing to do what you should do, not what you want to do.”
Consider owning less
Connection between social media use and depressive symptoms in 14-year-olds, and that connection may be much stronger for girls than boys
The gospel is the announcement of grace for sinners through the life, death, resurrection, and eventual return of Jesus Christ
Regular bedtimes and adequate sleep during childhood may contribute toward a healthy weight in the teen years
Pop culture tends to change at the speed of light. As soon as we begin to take hold of a rising trend,…
“avoid digital media use—except video chatting—in children younger than 18 to 24 months”
A new study finds that children not only log healthier levels of sleep, they also perform at a higher level in the…
Don’t try to get out of a situation but seek to grow through it
Don’t miss it. You will blink. . . and they will be older. And that’s why our tree this year reminds me…
“Studies indicate that when we suffer mental illness alone, the results can be tragic, even horrific. When we suffer inside
In one of the most amazing plays you will EVER see!
One sleep study may have a simple answer…
Concerned about translating the gospel into the (foreign, treacherous) culture of Jr High
Sex, Power and a Conflicted Muse Who Inspired ‘Manhattan’
More U.S. Teens Are Vaping, But Use of Opioids, Alcohol Falls
The church needs to be—a community that calls our young adults into the body, not as passive recipients, but as active members
Here are 5 ways that youth ministry has changed since 1995
“Mystery” toys that kids peel open and cast aside speak volumes about consumer culture
7 Ways To Get to Christmas Without a Total Meltdown
Historically, the shape is a “J” for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ, and the white is a symbol…
Teens and young adults who ate with their family more tended to eat more fruits and vegetables and less fast or takeout…
I’m 17 years old I have more training than most 30-year-olds. When I graduate, I’ll have a job. “It feels like I’m actually…
We need to be aware of the temptation to indulge pride in front of our real and imagined online audience
Rider understands some may view the decision as a “form of exclusion.” wanted to be “faithful to our values of inclusion.”
The generation now entering the workforce is sober, industrious and driven by money. They are also socially awkward and timid about taking…
Petite ‘n Pretty: The Makeup Brand Winning Over Gen Z Influencers
Mostly, kids are using social media to brag and talk about their families
a free Barna research sample of Spiritual Conversations in the Digital Age
5 Essentials to help unleash the passion and creativity of young people in your church
Marijuana is legal now, but please don’t smoke it
Teaching Your Daughter to See Beyond Her Social Media Feed
Hugh Jackman rules out working with ‘relentless’ Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool crossover movie
Massachusetts residents voted to legalize the use, distribution and cultivation of recreational marijuana in a 2016 referendum
spread the message of gratitude!
Living together is becoming more popular than marriage for young American couples
The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased…
As part of the company’s response to the FDA’s call for changes to curb underage e-cigarette use
…..over its IPO disclosures
Mom Gives Perfect Response
Families fret over finances for college. But all this craziness comes at a cost to parents and children
Doctors Warn of Potentially Risky Results
Fond memories of childhood are linked to better health, less depression and fewer chronic illnesses in adulthood
Despite Tuesday’s vote, education savings accounts are alive and well in Arizona—and have plenty of room to grow
The income disparity in youth athletics has effects on health and success that stretch far into adulthood
Fortnite is everywhere and has proven to be more than a game but rather, a cultural phenomenon
How psychology is being used as a weapon against children
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and…
Our culture creates a lot of confusion about sex. Honestly, sometimes it’s difficult to know who’s telling the truth
Marijuana use in adolescents is associated with reduced neurocognitive functioning, but when adolescents stop using the drug, their verbal learning and memory…
If only we as Christian ladies spent as much time on beautifying our spirit as much as we spend beautifying our bodies!
“Because I can only imagine how it would’ve went if he wasn’t armed,” “We might not be here having this interview.”
One Nation Under God, celebrates and explains the crucial role that God has played in America’s founding and development
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That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour…
After more than 20 years of marriage and family counseling, I am convinced there are only five basic languages of love
I’m sure it will be established that these girls held no active role in any established form of religious Satanism
The 11- and 12-year-old girls were Satan worshipers and were going to drink blood, eat flesh then planned to kill themselves
Sometimes this happens with our kids in youth group
Why school officials have not disciplined a student seen using a racial slur in a video posted on social media.
If it seems as though the app you deleted last week is suddenly popping up everywhere, it may not be mere coincidence
The cultural narrative pushes the expectation and pursuit of pleasure and the total avoidance of pain and difficulty
Women are subjected to sexual assault and rape. Children too
23 percent of Millennials believe each individual is his or her own moral authority
5 Ways On How To Keep the Next Generation in Church
We have moved from being in community to having a sense of community
6 Questions ever youth worker should ask
A helpful guide to grid and map out the requirements for navigating change
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