It’s funny how much you can tell about a society’s social norms solely from the changes in its home design

Helping our ministry as we help others

If suicide rates grew for girls aged 10-14 by 76%, we might need to re-think (setup guardrails for) their internet social media consumption

“Dang if that kid didn’t start running right at the cop like a football player. Head down.”

Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, One Direction Lead

Camm & Jacob

Any organization that values communicating with its public can’t just go to one source … you have to have the same message on different platforms

Walt Mueller

We have a problem fully embracing Gods grace. We like to replace what He has DONE with what we have to DO

Mark Matlock

one speaker couldn’t effectively produce content for all the kids who were entering into the weekend in completely different places

Ministry isn’t about numbers but it is about effectiveness. And you’ll never be effective until you measure stuff

Grand jury’s decision prompts riots, arrests

We as the church have been given the ministry of reconciliation. There’s no other institution on earth that has been given this authority

by Walt Mueller

Adam Mclane

Mark Merrill

Dr. Max Gomez

“She looks like my sister,”

The administration is about to grant amnesty to some 5 million illegal aliens. You would think they could find room to accommodate 120 Christian college students

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies

We are not just reporting the news, but we are making good news…

Over two in three (69%) prefer to interact with friends in person over connecting online, with only 15% preferring online

After all those minutes spent per year, 78% of woman still are dissatisfied with themselves

Austin McCann

By Walt Mueller

SEX…. “We need to talk with our kids about this regularly!”

They are about what we cannot be. They are intended to create a lack in us, to show us that we don’t live up to the icon

How pressures of online life undermine teenage girls’ self-esteem

Annie F Downs

Tim Elmore: I believe it’s time we found ways to combat these unintended consequences to our culture’s norms

84% of millennials say that knowing they’re making a positive difference in the world is more important than any professional recognition

How to solve 90 percent of the problems you have with your children in today’s culture

62 percent of non-Christian Millennials have never even read the Bible

“If you go to Costa you should watch out very closely at school today.”

If you think “my teen would never sext,” you might be mistaken.

I hope it helps you see a Savior who redeems our misses, so that even slow guys like me can “gladly spend and be spent

Three Crucial Priorities for Shepherd Leaders

Critics and naysayers are in every church. They are CAVE (Consistently Against Virtually Everything) Dwellers

Would they think the faith of my teens was too dependent on mine?

Tips from Teens

Never assume you are always right and everyone else is wrong. Unless you are Jesus of course

“Before , your bullies at school stayed at school,” “Now, through social media, they follow you everywhere,”

“I think many parents have a mindset that prescription drugs are much more dangerous than over-the-counter drugs, because they can be purchased whenever they want

“Tobacco smoke and marijuana smoke both contain thousands of chemicals, many of which are toxic,”

And here’s why we still use them anyway

Marko

Care for those in need around you

Our goal..of creating Christian adults and not youth group junkies then we can have no other end goal

Yesterday, I spoke to youth workers about how social media has fostered this culture of curation. . . we carefully curate ourselves

This is the third attack on a teacher at the school in less than a month

As you consider setting these goals, here are some cautions for you

Worried Mom Locates Missing Son by Tracking His iPhone — She Wasn’t Thrilled About Where She Found Him

Here was a chance to build a bridge to their hearts and help them hear words of faith from someone who had lived longer than any of their parents

‘Gone Girl’ and ‘The Imitation Game’ Take Top Prizes

Researchers found the number of teens who reported drinking at parties on weekends was reduced when they lived in towns with strong social host laws

“Teen Driver” License Plate Stickers in NJ Linked to 3,200 Fewer Teen Car Crashes

A recent study shows that many young athletes ignore sport injuries

Parent Angered by School`s Letter Saying `White Students` Didn`t Meet Requirements

Unemployment Rate Black (Ages 16-24): 22.0%

Pew said that 39 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds don’t want to work, up from 29 percent in 2000

Researchers looked at 6,716 fast-food outlets nationwide to check the extent of indoor and outdoor marketing aimed at youngsters

University funded organization takes students on field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex club

40% or more of American babies were born to unmarried mothers

Affiliation with artists…is highly sought-after by retail brands for the cultural cachet and access to the profitable youth demographic that it offers

“What we traditionally see is people aren’t quitting smoking, they’re just switching from traditional cigarettes. They’re still addicted to nicotine,”

Four adults and two juveniles accused of crashing a birthday party and brutally beating one of the guests…

Movie Review

ObamaCare Architect “American Voters Are Too Stupid To Understand The Difference”

Teens explain all the terms they use to keep things hidden from parents

They crave positive feedback to help them see how their identity fits into their world

More than 95 percent of teens are online. On average they’re online nearly 11 hours every day, a Kaiser Family Foundation study found

Secret lives of teens

In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older, had used an illicit drug or abused a psycho-therapeutic medication in the past month

Future school calendars will now list the students’ Christmas vacation as “winter break”, the Easter vacation as “spring break.”

Eminem Drops More Than a Dozen F-Bombs on National Mall During ‘Concert for Valor’

33% of teenagers say they deal with feeling alone and bullying, but only seven percent of parents say they’re worried about cyberbullying

The best thing about using a texting program is that people actually will see the message

Barna Labs

Teens are impulsive and, because of their brain structure, more likely to post hurtful messages without pausing to think about the consequences….”

Many youth workers seem to feel their ability to influence teenagers may be lessening

When Did Dating Become a Full Contact Sport?

EXPERT ADVICE From Dr. Ricki Pollycove

shake it off…

some advice to those looking to get started in youth ministry, and invites other youth workers to chime in as well

by Greg Baird

This imagery is deeply disturbing and offensive to Jews and all those who recall the sacrifices Americans and many others had to pay as a result of the Nazi juggernaut

More than 24 million families with single mothers in US

Fewer Americans getting married, study says

“He was told that he could no longer pray with his fellow students during free time because of the separation of church and state,”

So if we can plant the seeds of doubt in our children, religion will go away in a generation, or at least largely go away

Carey Nieuwhof

Greg Stier

“a large group of about 20-30 subjects ‘jumped out of vehicles and rushed them.’”

The MPS has been stung by reports that students of color are 10 times more likely to receive a suspension than white students

A Muslim with a non-Muslim spouse who seeks custody from the Shariah court is almost certain to win because the spouse has no standing

This is pointing at society and trying to say, ‘listen, we need to get this element out’ and what’s the best way? Education