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...

Our re:Tuned Discussion Starters take mainstream songs and help you use them as a jumping off point for a conversation with students. Here are 3 recent re:Tuned guides featuring Grammy winners from Sunday night’s show: Sam Smith: Stay...

Imagine for a moment that you were in a band (and what youth leader hasn’t imagined that?). Now, imagine that over the course of ten days, your band would play events for YouTube and...

It’s the most universal of lyrics. The best of the fillers. The one part of the song everyone knows and sings along to. It’s the “Whoa” … or is it “Woo”? Or “Ohhh”? Or...

Editor’s Note: Over the years we’ve done hundreds of “talkback” sessions with Toby and youthworkers. Every time it seems the Lord does something very special. This interview is part of one of those sessions. The entire “talkback” was...

Editor’s Note: This appears as the “Letter From The Editor” in the Music Resource Book for the new YLO98 “No! Not THAT again! We hear about that all the time! We’re sick of it!” That wasn’t the...

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Duffy Robbins’ book, Building a Youth Ministry that Builds Disciples: A Small Book About a Big Idea from Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Our mandate is to “go and bear fruit-fruit that will...

Guest post by Chris Renzelman Most of you are aware of the recent school shooting in Washington state. In the midst of tragedy pause is always needed to assess what’s going on and what...

It’s Halloween week, and if you’re looking for some fun and festive resources, we’ve got ’em! Check out some of our favorite “creepy” music videos, including “Zombie” by Family Force 5, “Monster” by Skillet,...