Seeing the Larger StoryWise and patient leaders invite their group to look for the larger human story unfolding on a mission trip. Seeing the larger story helps mission-team members connect their travel experie...

Test DriveLesson 3: Engaging the WorldObjective: The point of this lesson is that your students would realize that they are not to withdraw from the world. Instead, they are to engage with it, living as lights ...

What happens when a romantic relationship goes wrong? In many cases, girls and women cling to these bad romances by telling themselves the bad excuses below.If you want to help your kids build healthier relatio...

As you plan your summer camping trip with your group, let's hope your campers don't go through what Awana co-founder Art Rorheim's kids experienced!Rorheim, who celebrated his 90th birthday in 2010, has worked ...

Helping Make Faith an AdventureThe most effective way to help your children grow in their faith is by joining them in the journey and making faith an adventure. I love how C.S. Lewis expressed it in The Lion, T...

The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims, Timbs and a Cultural TheologyDaniel White HodgeIVP, 2010, 250 pp., $17, IVPress.com"Hip Hop," in the words of KRS-One, "is something that is being lived." Hip Hop is larger than radio...

Stop Being Relevant: Keeping Teens in Church May Be Easier than You ThinkKristi had grown up in the typical church youth group. Her student pastor, likely scared silly by statistics about young adult attrition ...