Moving is the most jostling, treacherous, and terrifying trial an adolescent can experience. Fresh start is overshadowed by changes

Social media offers an alternate view of who we are as individuals

Someone just asked me, “Jonathan, we’re looking for a new youth pastor.

By Walt Mueller

by Andy Blanks

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

By Chuck Lawless

By Paul Turner

That said, the primary audience with which you need to communicate is still the parents, or caregivers

Somewhere along the way, American churches have communicated that comfort trumps the Great Commission

Make sure everyone around you knows what to expect from you, from each other, and from the church or the ministry

“God does not have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God acts differently in different places.”

Trust what these leaders say about good leadership. They are experts on the topic

Which Teens Are at Risk of Suicide and Why?

In most states in America, at least one abortion provider closes every two weeks

Digital piracy is pretty much anything that people feel is unfairly priced… even academic papers

Snapchat was at two billion daily video views last May

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

Here are the key issues threatening our generation, that we hope the next administration will tackle, so that we, too, can live the American Dream.

…with Nick Jonas, Pitbull, make-up by the Kardashians’ artist and photos by Michelle Obama’s photographer
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This project is about taking back the radically queer roots of the neighborhood. With art and literature..interventions

The responses being shared pertain to those kids who specifically indicated that they don’t talk openly with their parents

Commuter students pose a difficult challenge to many college ministries. They are there one minute, and then they are not

Youth Ministry Media

The survey also revealed that a pupil take about seven minutes to take a selfie

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French Parents Could Face a Year in Prison and $50K Fine for Uploading Unwanted Photos of Their Children to Facebook

Priming kids to expect rewards for good behavior can harm their social skills in the long term

Grammy Nominated Christian Rapper Flame Explains…

Andy Stanley has come under fire for remarks he made about small churches in a recent sermon

“Sticky Faith isn’t about programs; it’s about changing culture.”

“This was an amazing sight! I pray this kid becomes a leader amongst his peers, and continues on this path!!”

by George Lockhart

Five Lessons Young Christians Should Draw From His life Of Faith

In the name of emotional well-being, students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like

This is the latest incident of American students being offered therapy after being offended

by Justin Knowles

Daily Reporting on Youth Culture, Teen trends and current information relating to Adolescents. Youth Ministry

Joel Stigale is a missionary with Miami Youth for Christ who has dedicated his life to youth ministry and reaching people in the Hip-Hop culture

Daily Reporting on Youth Culture, Teen trends and current information relating to Adolescents. Youth Ministry

The local church wasn’t established to create amenities for your enjoyment but ministries for your service

by Christopher Wesley

There are a few times a year when I hit a ministry slump: January / February and then again in August

Sometimes I feel parents can be the hardest..here are 4 goals I try to have with with a parents

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Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

I am having trouble navigating what my role is in policing my 14-year-old’s online social life

By Walt Mueller

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Teen retail has changed a lot in the past decade..”Their entire life, if it’s not shareable, it didn’t happen,”

Abercrombie and American Eagle continue to lose market share to the rapidly emerging fast-fashion brands like

Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

A Story Of ‘Secret Lives’ And Misogyny

Teen Vogue

By Walt Mueller

Dayna herself suffers from six different illnesses. “I’m in and out of the hospital a lot,” she says.

‘Suicide Seeds’ Purchased Online for $5: ‘I Watched My Kid Die,’ Says Mom

You think you are doing the right thing when, in fact, you are doing the wrong things

We have basically said to our kids….

After seeing several discipline problems, we asked the experts what they would’ve done with each challenge

Jonathan Mckee

You’ve most likely encountered them and they probably left you scrambling

“This is a school where you gotta fight, you just gotta fight.”

The girl wanted to get back at the teacher, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office

“Family Challenge” and here’s how it works: Turn all family cell phones to silent and place in the cell phone coop

5am-6am Lent prayer meetings each day. This was not what I wanted to hear after 29 hours of flying and then another 4.5 driving

“The teacher is being punished, (but) it’s the student who needs to be punished,”

Marko

Discipleship process shies away from a missional movement to a game-filled information download session

Some apps just enable bad choices

It never feels good getting run over by the metaphorical bus. You typically never see it coming

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3 Keys To Help Your Children’s Ministry Thrive

Left the police and courts wrestling with how to treat a newly popular idiom many still dimly grasp

One million times more than roadside air in Hong Kong,”

The Complete Winners List

“You have the same number of hours in the day as Beyoncé.”

A practice that she said halted when she made her way to Tinseltown.

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Nielsen looks at the growth in Hip Hop, top songs, and who is listening

And How to Make Vision Stick

It took me years to learn that my internal narrative was my hindrance, not my mistake or the feedback.

You can see the difference in the last book I recommended, which is written by a British youth worker. His advice is

More Widespread Than Teens Understand

by Jonathan McKee

Adolescents usually hate being told what to do, and will reflexively resist even suggestions with which they agree

Knowing where you are and what is ahead can keep you from quitting when it gets tough

Commonly made mistakes when you’re new or old. Most of these are mistakes of “omission” rather than “commission.”

Moscow:”while his mother is furious

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‘Mommy, there’s so much other than NY. People in NY stress over materialistic things and there is so much more to life,’”

Critics…warning that the dominance of unchallenging books could harm literacy levels among teenagers

Wedding Put on by the Community