For the month of December, the youth ministry at my church, Lake Avenue Church, did something different. We did small “table groups” every Sunday. Instead of students sitting in rows—shoulder to shoulder with adults and each other—we sat in groups …
“We are living in exponential times.”
That’s one of the opening statements from the video played at the opening of the Teens in Tech conference last week (organized by a 16 year old). The stats are really interesting. We haven’t …
Last week I took my eight year-old son, Nathan, to Chinatown in Los Angeles for Chinese New Year Festivities. I had never seen a real “Dragon Parade” live and Nathan and I got a kick out of the dragons, the …
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Most of us are more than a little uncomfortable talking with parents of kids in our youth ministries about sex, especially when we’re talking about their own kids’ sexual behaviors. This free excerpt from the newly-updated Good Sex 2.0 curriculum …
How does our own spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental health impact the ways we love God and others? Part 2 of the Sabbath Rest in a 24/7 City series, this month we look at our own lives for clues to preventing stress and burnout.
Kara Powell interviews Wiley Scott, the Young Life Northern Division Vice President for Field Ministries, on finding rhythms of balance, rest, and healthy relationships in urban youth ministry.
While we have heard from a lot of churches who are in the initial steps of merging onto the road of intergenerational ministry, some wonder, “What do we do after those first few miles?” How do we make intergenerational youth ministry not just an experiment but a long-term part of our DNA? David Fraze explores a case study interview with pastor and author Tod Bolsinger.
It was one of my seminary professors who once said in a lecture about human sexuality, “Your most powerful sexual organ isn’t between your legs, it’s between your ears.”
As I have surveyed the most recent research on teenage sexuality, …
