Fifteen years ago, I found myself unexpectedly let go from a full-time youth ministry role

My first several attempts at student leadership were miserable failures

Here is a list of social media tips and reminders that will help you be more effective today than you were yesterday

Sex is one the most important topics of conversation parents get to have with their children. But it can sure feel intimidating

Two realities that should shape our approach to youth ministry

My son and I will stand at the edge of something unknown, but because of God, we will be full of hope

Preventing Teen Girls From Sex Trafficking His Sister Was Sex-Trafficked for 6 Years. Here’s How He’s Devoted His Life to Fighting It.

Fossil fuels responsible for improving human conditions around the globe

You said you’d turn, you would turn it around,Thought that you had time to straighten it out, Told me that you were my prodigal son
But this isn’t home

It was a shameful example of media outlets..to permanently harm a teenager who never sought the public spotlight

Black children under 18 living in poverty decreases from 45% for mother-only households and 36% for father-only households to just 12% for married-couple households.

Practicing Christians are leading young adults in focusing on family

Exploring Our Jewish Roots to Reclaim Discipleship

Helping students’ find their calling in life should be an essential role of any healthy youth ministry

In addition, they say customers might smoke the marijuana they’ve just bought in a parking lot at the site.

Midwinter Festival Based on Esther

Are you on a job hunt? Are you thinking about transitioning for one job to another?

Because of separation of church and state

As electronic-cigarette use has soared among America’s teens, so have the number vaping marijuana, two new reports indicate

Overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according

helicopter parenting continues well into young adulthood and can have devastating impacts on college students.

Those who don’t have a religious affiliation are the largest demographic in the U.S. with 23.1% of the population, overtaking the Catholics and the evangelicals

I want to tell you a story that is informative to parents…

Experts blame social media and celebrity diet culture as hospital admissions for under-19s suffering eating disorders DOUBLE in a decade

George Lockhart

George Lockhart

How can an increasingly sexualized culture co-exist with less sex among the consumers of that culture?

…but they’re not without dangers

So, what should parents do about it?

No matter what size ministry you operate, you can always benefit from people helping you

Funny viral pictures and videos

Are there any consequences for Misbehavior

We can never be satisfied, because the products we love cannot love us back

The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids

Revealing what advertisers know about human nature and how they exploit it to make a profit

Suffocated Father Roger Matassoli, by forcing a crucifix down his throat

Such as those with autism, anxiety, or sensory processing disorder, any one of those “bits” can pose an insurmountable obstacle

I asked my daughter what she would want adults to know about working with kids who learn differently

Autistic adults in the congregation can be a great resource when figuring out how best to work with autistic kids!

My son is functionally nonverbal. He does not yet use language to communicate

Segool has been studying the links between anxiety in children and high stakes testing for the past six years

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“As humans we are imperfect. My past, my mistakes, all the things I’ve been through…

…but was surprised at the magnitude of increase.… This translates to millions of adolescents,”

Begin using cannabis before age 18 are 4 to 7 times more likely than adults to develop marijuana use disorder

“Dress however you please,”…”But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?”

J. I. Packer

To help you better appreciate the narrative, here are nine things you should know about the Christmas story

God advances his mission not just through the divine actions of Jesus like the resurrection, but also through his humanity

newsflash… this is not just about smartphones. A tablet requires you to make every single one of those same decisions above

Flashback: Be grateful for the gifts you already have.

When speaking about anxiety, it’s important to differentiate between regular anxious feelings and anxiety disorder

Here’s are some holiday tips that can make your holiday more peaceful all around

New Year’s Prayer

By George Lockhart

As the new year approaches, here are a few questions I like to pray through:

How did the year begin and how did it end?
Did the course I ran coincide with God’s Will and purposes?
How did I see God at work in and around me?
How did I limit God this year? How did…

Young adults (age 18 to 29) are far more likely to have been raised without religion than are seniors (age 65 or older)

As you look back at 2019, here’s the top parenting articles you won’t want to have missed from TheSource4Parents.com

Traditions are important for families because they provide opportunities to keep your family legacy going. From the simple to the silly to the sentimental, traditions…

R.C. Sproul looks at seven sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John which reveal his true identity and teach us the truth about him

A New Jersey mom, Ashley Bohl, shared a hilarious video on Instagram of her children being scared silly by a prankster dressed as the Grinch

How do I live out my faith legally? Does my union
represent my values?

Barna: Nearly half of all public school educators nationally are practicing Christians

And what had I done right? I showed up.

Face-to-face conversations we have in a day has decreased by 15% in the last five years

by Common Sense Media

It was a knockout field trip for a group of New Jersey high school students

So that she could be with her 23-year-old reputed Crips gangbanger once arrested for murder

That encourage surgery and other forms of body mutilation to treat the psychological condition of gender dysphoria

The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices 21 Tips to Wise Posting in an Insecure World

The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices 21 Tips to Wise Posting in an Insecure World

Who knows? Your light could lead countless others to worship Him long after you’re gone!

3 Thoughts On The Star Of Bethlehem

By, George Lockhart

It was a starry night, like most others, with one exception; there was a super bright star in the sky that was being used to lead some “wisemen” to the newborn King. There are many speculations as to what the Star could have been, from scientific anomalies to a…

Here are five gifts your ministry can offer your teenagers and adult leaders during the holidays…

Helping teens deal with feeling left out or alone during the holiday

If we feed into the craziness of the secular Christmas model of life, it will crowd out peace and joy

The Care and Feeding of our Souls

Everybody knows that this is a busy time of the year. Shopping, decorating, concerts, parties, etc.  pile up on us- especially those of us with children in our lives. Pre-Christmas frenzy is too often made worse by the financial burdens we can load on ourselves, and the post-Christmas hangover tends to make…

The actor, who recently came in second on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,”

Mother says he had been relentlessly bullied after wearing Trump hat previously

Sexual battery is punishable by up to one year in jail in Georgia.

“this was not in line with our athletic program and school community values.”

Clinicians were fast-tracking children into sex-change procedures due to pressure from..lobbyists

If you want this new year to be an opportunity to intentionally recharge and redirect you and your leaders, here are two books to set you in the right direction

she heard a voice. “I’m Santa Claus, don’t you want to be my best friend,”

Off-camera, his father can be heard apologizing

We believe there are four things you can do to give your ministry that extra energy when 2020 rolls around!

But if you want to know what a youth pastor really wants…

You’re in danger of wearing yourself out. We need to make a plan to preserve our schedules and make sure we don’t miss out on special family-time during the Christmas season

Tommy Callaway, 43, a married father of two who is youth group leader, a Boy Scout leader, tried to explain why he smacked

According to a Gallup survey, only half of Americans are now church members

College interview prep can be an ongoing excuse to have your best conversations with a high school senior.

While the laws permit Bible literacy classes, they do not mandate them

The bill will be referred to committee for review

How can you identify your idols? Here are four ways

31 percent of adolescent girls and young women struggle with symptoms of anxiety, experiencing edginess, fatigue

You know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated

You know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated

You know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated

So much of a marriage relationship comes down to our thoughts and attitudes…

If your youth worker isn’t taking time off, they won’t be your youth worker for very long

Average Person Can’t Last 4 hours With Their Family Over The Holidays

Simply sitting down with a book in the presence of a pup can help motivate children to read more