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The Magazine for Youth Ministry
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Damien O'Farrell
Living together (without getting married) has become increasingly popular, and is now a mainstream comparable alternative to marriage...
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With encouragement from the federal government, single-sex classes that have long been a hallmark of private schools are multiplying...
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"Advocates said a single issue lies at the heart of many problems affecting children. 'It's the poverty drumbeat,' said Terry Brooks,...
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From the story: "Last year, the California Legislature considered criminalizing the spanking of toddlers. But at least half of parents,...
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From the story: "About 100 seminarians from more than two dozen denominations, from Baptists and Roman Catholics to Unitarian Universalists,...
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From the story: "Schools, under pressure to boost student achievement, are offering incentives -- field trips and cash, for example...
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Damien O'Farrell
The amount of sleep that teenagers get is affected by their families income and the use of healthcare.
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Colleges are experimenting with Facebook and other social networks to notify students about emergencies like crimes and floods—and get vital information in return. Most emergency-alert systems send out warnings. But social networks give students a chance to add on-the-scene reports or trade information if trouble hits. In addition to cell-phone and e-mail alerts, the social networks also give colleges yet another way to reach students in a crisis.
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People who choose to live on the beautiful tree-lined streets surrounding the nation's institutions of higher learning often get a more vibrant experience than they expected — loud parties, rundown student...
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Philadelphia aesthetician Melanie Engle, whose specialty is eyebrow shaping, is no stranger to odd requests. But nothing prepared her for being asked by one client to book a bikini wax appointment for her 8-year-old daughter.
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It was a coup for Democrats: An emerging young evangelical voice, a registered Republican no less, accepted their invitation to deliver a prayer at next week's Democratic National Convention.
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On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.
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Just as they've made an itchy, scratchy comeback in hotel rooms, bedbugs increasingly are appearing in dorm rooms, say college officials and pest-control experts, who are busy devising ways to eradicate...
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College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus. The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more than a year ago to provoke national debate about the drinking age.
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Enjoy this Irish blessing.
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Hilarious footage of a youth ministry pastor trying to correct a faux pas.
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Listen as Dr. Gary Chapman discusses his new book, Love as a Way of Life.
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Listen as Dr. Gary Chapman discusses how the idea for his latest book was born.
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