"I miss Mayberry,sittin' on the porch drinking ice cold Cherry Coke,where everything is black and white.Pickin' on a six string,where people pass by and you call them by their first name,watching the clouds rol...

Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool CollideBrett McCrackenBaker Books, 2010, 246 pp., $15.00, BakerBooks.comBrett McCracken's Hipster Chistianity is a colorful recounting of the relationship between the ...

So, you've landed your first youth ministry job. Heck, it's the first job of any kind you've ever held outside your parents' house or the fantasy role-playing video games you used to play all day long.When some...

Church 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the ChurchNeil ColeJossey-Bass, 2010, 304 pp., $24.95, JosseyBass.com Tired of reading church leadership books that are all saying the same stuff? Pick up a Neil Cole's C...

Guys are Waffles, Girls are SpaghettiChad Eastham, Bill and Pam FarrelThomas Nelson, 2009, 240 pp., $12.99, ThomasNelson.com As a teenage spinoff of Bill and Pam Farrel's early works, Guys are Waffles, Girls a...

Mark MatlockYouth Specialties, 2010, 176 pp., $12.99, YouthSpecialties.com Maybe you've been there: Teenager acts out, parent reacts, teenager pushes further away and parent ends up in your office giving you o...

Kara Powell, General EditorGospel Light, 2009, 192 pp., $12.99, GospelLight.com Versatile, creative and written with junior high students in mind—the Uncommon series is a top-notch resource! Divided into...

Sean McDowell, General EditorHarvest House, 2009, 246 pp., $13.99, HarvestHousePublishers.com Looking to train your students to stand faithful in a world of relativism? McDowell's Apologetics for a New Generat...

Let's face it—hanging out with middle school (I call it junior high!) students in the hopes of bringing them closer to Jesus takes serious guts. It is an energy-packed, patience-stretching, sometimes smel...

A Parents' Guide to the Middle School YearsJoe BruzzeseCelestial Arts, 2009, 170 pp., $14.95, TenSpeed.com Have you been searching for a resource that prepares parents for the middle school years? Look no furt...