Favorite teen devotional: Everything Counts, Steve Case's spin on Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest.

Favorite game resources: The Ideas Library CD-ROM because it's so wonderfully searchable, and Jonathan McKee's Web site TheSource4YM.com, which is an excellent free resource.

Best youth ministry books: Chap Clark's Hurt because it put words to much of what I was seeing in teenagers. Eric Venable's A Tale of Two Youth Workers: A Youth Ministry Fable was deeply profound in its simple, yet counter-intuitive suggestions.

Favorite youth culture resources: Walt Mueller's stuff is indispensable—CPYU.org and Youth Culture 101. The research coming out of The Fuller Youth Institute is like stumbling onto a pot of gold. Christian Smith's Soul Searching caused me to re-think many things.

Best worship activity: Planned silence. Nothing like giving kids a question or prayer to wrestle with and some intentional space in which to listen for the still, small voice of God.

Most trusted mission trip organization: Adventures in Missions. It has a deeply intentional approach to responsible missions culturally, fiscally, theologically and practically.

Curriculum products Mark was most proud of during his tenure at Youth Specialties: The Justice Mission and Good Sex 2.0. Both are deeply engaging for teenagers and provide excellent tools for youth workers to teach biblical concepts on challenging subjects.

Mark is the former President of Youth Specialties, an expert on middle school ministry and author of Youth Ministry 3.0. He recently launched a Youth Ministry Coaching Program, a year-long coaching plan focusing on whole-life development and youth ministry issues. Mark is a columnist for YouthWorker Journal.

JONATHAN McKEE

Favorite resource for discussion starters: The Movie Clip Discussions page at TheSource4YM.com. This page constantly is updated with new discussions. These free write-ups provide small-group questions, a relevant Scripture passage and a wrap-up talk.

Best epic youth ministry guide: Doug Fields' Purpose Driven Youth Ministry.

Best youth culture resource to wade through the muck so you don't have to: Walt Mueller's CPYU.org. Walt provides a weekly glimpse of current media and trends and shares incredible insight as to how it will effect this generation.

Best ministry leadership books: Anything by John Maxwell (JohnMaxwell.com).

Best worship activity with youth: We had 100 kids lying on sleeping bags in a parking lot. A youth leader with a guitar walked around playing soft music while the students looked at the stars. The leader talked about the stars, planets and solar system and shared the fact that the Creator of the universe loves each of them and wants a relationship with them. Lying in their sleeping bags, facing the heavens, they all sang praises, thinking about a mighty Creator who loves them personally.