Programs vs. Relationships
by Eric Gargus • Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church • Rome, Georgia What does a portrait of an authentically effective youth group look like? Does it include a big budget, a monster event every...
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Back To The Ol’ Drawing Board
by Rob Brower • Editor, interlinc • Franklin, Tennessee Growing up, my sister and I couldn’t wait for Saturdays to arrive. Not only did we get a break from school, but we would enjoy watching...
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When Hurt Turns To Hate And Hopelessness
(Part 2)By Mark Schaufler • MST Ministries • Olympia, Washington Learning how to deal with anger whether it is connected to wounds or not, is another challenge we can face with a common vocabulary. We...
When Hurt Turns To Hate And Hopelessness
(Part 1)
By Mark Schaufler • MST Ministries • Olympia, Washington The recent murders in Texas are an expression of anger, but when you investigate the shooter’s backstory, you find one source of wounds after another....
Suicide Symptoms And Signs
By Steve Gerali • Sanctuary Coffee • Claremont, California Teenagers who commit suicide usually believe that their present lives are hopelessly painful and filled with the darkest despair and that their futures won’t bring...
Trauma In The Classroom & The Dignity Revolution
By Courtney Donati • Director Of Dignity Revolution • Appleton, Wisconsin When students have gone through trauma, learning is severely hindered. In this season, there is a lot of compounding, existing, and unaddressed traumas...
Mental Health: 3 Ways To Help Students
By Ben Bennett • ResolutionMovement.org • Dallas, Texas By age eight, I was experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Life felt unbearable. I struggled to make it through each day due...
Worship, The Altar & Kids In Chaos
By Andy Harrison • Youth Pastor • Planetshakers Church • Melbourne, Australia There’s so much that needs to change in the world around us and young people today are more aware of that than...
Just Keep Breathing
By Reggie Dabbs • reggiedabbsonline.com • Ft. Meyers, Florida Shoes Right now, somewhere on this planet, the soles of an unknown pair of shoes just touched the hot pavement outside an unsuspecting school. Right...
The Struggle Is Real!
by Rob Brower • Editor, interlinc • Franklin, Tennessee As parents to a couple of teenagers (and a soon-to-be pre-teen), my wife and I can assure you that the struggle is all too real. Prior...
5 Truths To Know About Mental Health
By Ben Bennett • ResolutionMovement.org • Dallas, Texas In recent years, mental health issues have risen among young people. In fact, seventy percent of teens say anxiety and depression are major problems among their...
I Need More Than A Book To Give My Grads
by Rob Brower • Editor, interlinc • Franklin, Tennessee We have done over 50 music-based ministry projects: Centrifuge Camp Music Projects, More Than Gold, Insiders Guide To High School, Surviving Middle School, Fatherlove, A Mother’s...
College Pulls Our Kids Away: 5 Things You Can Do
by Dave Lusk • Strategic Ministry Coaching & Consulting • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Summer is almost here again, and after missed proms, missed graduations, and classes moving online, students graduating this year are excited to...
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