Before he planted Vintage Faith Church in California, Dan was as a high school pastor. He's the author of  Sacred Space: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Multisensory Worship Experiences for Youth Ministry (Youth Specialties). Dan is a Contributing Editor to YouthWorker Journal.

DUFFY ROBBINS

Favorite curriculum for developing teens' appetite for Scripture: Barry Shafer's inductive Bible study materials (see: InWord.org/unleashing.html).

Best youth curriculum: Life Hurts, God Heals by Doug Fields, John Baker and Megan Hutchinson. It's very honest and authentically addresses some really tough issues.

Best game resources: Youth Specialties Ideas books and Play It! by Wayne Rice and Mike Yaconelli.

Favorite resource for initiative games: The resources from Project Adventure.

Best discussion starters: The 36 Parables DVDs. They utilize a lot of different learning activities. Also one of my books with Helen Musick, Everyday Object Lessons--we get a ton of great feedback on it; it's very user-friendly and gets kids into the text.

Best youth ministry book: Mark DeVries' Family Based Youth Ministry. It's well-researched, down to earth, and grounded in great theology.

Best youth culture books: Hurt by Chap Clark; Walt Mueller's books, Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture or Opie Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Where Faith, Family and Culture Collide. Chap and Walt are always thoughtful and reflect sound theology. They've done their homework. David Wells has written a series of books on culture at large. The most recent one is Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World. It's not a light read; but it's good, solid, theological thinking that brings in culture and history.

Youth culture books not read enough: The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel and Church and Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps. We don't reflect enough on what the digital universe does for us. It's part of everything. It impacts how we think and live. Paul Hiebert's book Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern-Postmodern World is brilliant. It helps people understand the flaws of postmodernism, the weaknesses of modernism and to understand a third way.

Favorite resource for staying in touch with youth culture: CPYU.org

Best ministry management book: Management Essentials for Christian Ministries. It's thoughtful and theologically based. They've researched widely.

Best youth ministry leadership books: Youth Ministry Management Tools by Ginny Olson, Diane Elliot and Mike Work and Leadership 101: An Interactive Leadership Development Guide for Students by Denise Van Eck.