Immigrant youth often have two or more cultural identities they are trying to embrace at once, leading them to experience dual stress

Fireball whisky is a hit with college students

“I think we’ve made God very little if we believe that He cannot change people,”

“The problem with ‘free’ government money is how much it cost,” By taking federal funds, (you) forfeit the freedom to make rational local choices

Five more years of superhero movies. Some characters, like African American hero Black Panther, have never been seen outside of a comic book page

I have a lot more respect and empathy for students after just one day of being one again

“It’s not a racist slur if it originates from a Native American tribe. . . . It’s always used in the context of sports.”

4,000 Child Evangelism Fellowship Clubs in U.S. Public Schools

“It is a complete invasion of privacy.’”

Sprung From The Ashes Of Formspring…Now for mature millennials

Specifically, what does it mean for us to champion and mentor each other across gender in life and in ministry?

Millennial Morning Movement

Christopher Wesley

77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally or physically

What we believe about God is absolutely central to how we do ministry.

Youth are “our” brothers and sisters in Christ

Dave Rozman

An X Rated Book..Sex & Obsenity In The Bible

Another Study Finds Teens Still Sexting

Jim Liebelt

Jim Liebelt

by Jim Liebelt

Halloween Spending to Hit $7.4 Billion

by Jonathan McKee

“God does not ask us about our ability or disability but our availability.”

A few key things that Protestant Christians might learn from our Catholic brothers and sisters

YS Blog

Adam Mclane

Young teens don’t suddenly acquire fully-functioning abstract thinking…

Why do you think a large percentage of churched teens rarely read the Bible outside of church?

It turns out one’s level of intelligence really can affect what type of music they listen to

…rather victims of an online predator, a school official said

Performers have a very, very young audience, like 7 years older, I find it disturbing and I think its exploitative

An estimated four million fewer babies were born to teen mothers from 1992 through 2012

And the longer boys felt rejected, the more likely they were to attempt suicide

An Interview With Andrew Root

“I hope this week, it doesn’t come off as sexy, but it comes off as sweet,”

When those connections are made, it is much more difficult to just walk away

Autopsy, toxicology report on Michael Brown reportedly reveal marijuana, cast doubt on witness claims he was running away

The dolls are a “dangerous deviation from their family friendly values

Movie Review

by Carey Nieuwhof : In fact, strategy trumps mission and vision. A great mission and vision with a bad strategy will fail.

A legal precedent on the issue of parental responsibility over their children’s online activity

Walt Mueller: Why our youth group kids needs us to pray they have difficulty

3 Thoughts On A Faith that “Sticks”

Leneita Fix

The west has nationalized families over the last 60 years…old age, health,single motherhood- everything is the responsibility of the state

Beyonce is “selling sex … to teeny-boppers.”

Students will be studying… violence, economic opportunity, sexuality, standards of beauty, and creative self-expression

Sex and violence has become more prevalent in movies aimed at youth

Today’s Unchurched: More resistant to Church

I just see the video as being a normal video. Minaj refused to address the song’s sexual lyrics and equally racy dancing in the video that had everyone talking

Adam Levine’s video draws fire

My parenting MANTRA: WITH FREEDOM COMES RESPONSIBILITY.

A significant proportion of young people have sent a sexual image of themselves by the time they are 13-15 years old

One in four admitted they thought they were addicted to social media

But there’s still a lot more conversations that need to happen, according to new data

…working less can actually produce better results

A select few seem to know when to hold, when to fold, and when to go all in

God teaches students through story

by Jim Liebelt

Suicide is the biggest killer of young people..So what can youth ministries do to help?

High School Runner Carries Injured Opponent

Homeward

Homeward

Homeward

The teens and tweens also agreed there is a constant — and at times anxiety-inducing — fixation with likes

New Canadian study finds that early detection of mental health issues and better exchange of health information can reduce youth suicides

“I don’t understand why you can’t leave me alone…twice now for trying to commit suicide. Are you trying to kill me,”

So they’ve (Cops) moved from thinking this is sinister to realizing, within a few days, this is completely common

What’s a Guy to Do?

Ed Stetzer

“If God gets a hold of Nicki Minaj, her music could be used to restore women’s dignity instead of tearing it down.”

Consider these three pressings needs of youth, you will be convinced that the work you do is vital and that you need more help to do it well

Girls as young as 14 travelling to Syria from the west, to marry Islamist fighters, bear their children and join their communities

At one point, people defined adulthood by getting married, having children. Now, the three most popular markers are…

He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world —1 John 2:2

The first 300 to register will also receive The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Kids

An inside interview

Five Ideas for Inclusion

Students with autism spectrum disorders are often on the outside looking in

Uniforms alone do not improve..test scores, but they do help in addressing problems with discipline and attendance in a school building

News 3

Google reveals our embarrassing voice search habits

A webinar from Walt Mueller and CPYU October 23

October 16!

October 16!

Teenagers are increasingly wearing yoga pants instead of jeans

Time

We weren’t created to define our own values. Since we were created in God’s image, we were created to live under God’s value system

Something needed to change for the cycle of selfishness to end

Instamoments are those very moments where in an instant we are changed in some way.

…nobody knows how to be a grown-up anymore

I know as a church leader I often forget to think about these ideas because I spend most of my time with people plugged into our church

Leading your home well matters as much as leading your ministry well

The analysis found that 62 percent of the youth caregivers were girls, while 38 percent were boys. Median age was 12

This intervention can help us break that cycle of despair

An Interview with Kara Powell

Youth ministry is a notoriously low salary field with many youth pastors and youth directors making far less money than other similar professionals

I’ve made plenty of mistakes over the years, but I’m grateful for my pastor and the youth parents. No one can do youth ministry alone

“Sexting preceeded sexual behavior in many cases,” Temple said.