GodChicks and the Men They Love

GodChicks and the Men They LoveHolly and Philip WagnerRegal Books, 2010, 223 pp., $14.99, RegalBooks.com Holly Wagner co-pastors The Oasis Church in Los Angeles, is the founder of GodChicks and the author of t...

Brand-New Emily

Ginger RueRandom House/Tricycle Press, 2009, 240 pp., $15.99, TricyclePress.com Nice, witty, eighth-grade Emily has managed to land on the popular "Daisies'" bad side. Social punishment comes to a head with bl...

Enduring Justice

Amy WallaceMultnomah, 2008, 336 pp., $12.99, WaterBrookMultnomah.com Loyal readers of the Defenders of Hope series will welcome back their favorite characters—a team of FBI investigators, their wives and...

Don’t Ask Me…I’m Just a Volunteer

Volunteer, sponsor, leader, humble slave to the youth ministry pastor—whatever you call your lay leaders (or whatever you're called, if you happen to be a lay leader)—it means the same thing: no pay...

The Shepherd vs. the Hired Hand

Crosswalk.com recently ran a news blurb about new research that seemed to indicate teens weren't getting much of value from their time at church. The gist of this analysis was that most teenagers don't gai...