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Yo-Yos And Youth Ministry

By Scott Lenning, Executive Festival Director/Crusade Ministries, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Today is National Yo-yo Day! I’m reminded how ministry has its ups and downs but you just have to remain patient, obedient and faithful...

Imagine the Possibilities!

By Ken McCoy • JumpStart Ministries • Charlotte, North Carolina I normally watch Apple’s Keynote presentations with great anticipation. But, ever since Steve Jobs left us, I haven’t had that “WOW!” sense when watching....

One Solitary Life

When I received this familiar piece from friends this morning it reminded me of the purity of the Gospel and how Jesus is what Easter is all about. Interestingly, my friends Heniek and Jagoda...

How To Reach The Male Student Athlete

By Clay Elliott • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • San Jose, California “We must go on to other towns as well…” Mark 1:38 Every year I begin my chaplain duties for the San Jose...

Tether Yourself

Many of the students in your youth ministry got a smartphone for Christmas. This article by Rachel Macy Stafford could be a huge benefit to the parents of the teenagers in your church –...

History of the Summer of Love — 1967

By Bill Petro • billpetro.com The Summer of Love was fifty years ago, the summer of 1967, with its epicenter in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. It was a summer of sex, drugs, and rock...

Media Use by Tweens and Teens

This new study just came out today. Guess what? That “7.5” message we’ve been talking about – that 7.5 hours that teenagers spend on Music and Media every day? Well, it’s now up to NINE hours...

Ice. Ice. Baby.

The Nashville area woke up today to ice, sleet, rain, snow, and below freezing temperatures. And the forecast is that we’ll be in the deep freeze all week. Which means everything that’s falling is...