I recently had lunch with Joe, a former youth group member who had just graduated from college and was living at home again while trying to figure out what he was going to do next. We reminisced about old times...

Brock Morgan The Youth Cartel, 2013, 160 pp., $14.99 It seems as if the youth ministry world has been talking about the epidemic of high school students walking away from their faith after graduation fo...

Francis Chan with Mark BeuvingDavid C. Cook, 2012, 336 pp., $14.99Francis Chan's newest book Multiply is quite a different format from the others he has written thus far, but it still is full of the same q...

Rhett SmithMoody Publishers, 2012, 208 pp., $13.99Anxiety is a very prevalent issue in youth ministry. Today's students fall into one of the most stressed-out, over-worked and socially demanding demographics on...

D. Brent LaythamCascade Books, 2012, 220 pp., $24During the past 20 years, the landscape for communication and entertainment dramatically changed with technological innovation along with the development of the ...

New Living TranslationTyndale House Publishers, 2012, 2,220 pp., $49.99Getting a well-translated and easy-to-read Bible into the hands of our students is crucial as we work hard to help them encounter the Word ...

Darren SuttonLeaderTreks, 2012, 106 pp., $9.95Ministry is not meant to be done alone, without the help of others; but sometimes as youth workers, it can feel as if we don't have any other choice. It seems as if...

Thomas NelsonThomas Nelson, 2012, 240 pp., $12.99Totally Awesome, Super-Cool Bible Stories is a new resource from Thomas Nelson for children 12 and younger. The book is a collection of Bible stories that s...

Adam L. BondJudson Press, 2012, 128 pp., $14.99For everyone who has decided to step into vocational ministry, there comes with that a certain sense of excitement coupled with anxiety. After you have made your i...

Dan KimballZondervan, 2012, 224 pp., $16.99For those of us who have grown up in the church or at least been involved regularly for a while, it is really easy to forget that often our Christian communities suck ...