In this two-part interview, Andrew Root talks with YWJ editor Steve Rabey about the importance of relationships in youth ministry, the relevance of the Incarnation, and the prevalence of teen despair. Andrew wr...

Guidelines for this Activity1) Listen to the song with your group (you can purchase the album at local retailers or online). Use the lyrics below so students can understand the words.2) Discuss the song with yo...

Josh McDowell has been writing and speaking to young people about faith in Christ for nearly half a century. His son, Sean, pursues a similar calling. Together they have revised the best-selling resource, More ...

In 2004, college seniors had an average credit card balance of $2,900. By 2008 the average was $4,100.Other sobering numbers from the Associated Press:• One-fifth of seniors have a balance greater than $7...

Many retailers are cutting back -- but not Disney. The Walt Disney Company is spending nearly $350 million to revamp its retail stores so kids "clamor to visit the stores and stay longer."The New York Times rep...

Mobs of tourists have descended on Forks, Wash., the small town that is the setting for the Twilight novels. Author Stephenie Meyer was looking for a town that was "small, out of the way, surrounded by forest."...

An online poll by Charisma magazine recently asked: Is celebrity Christianity dead? The answer, according to author Frank Schaeffer, is NO. Schaeffer, author of the new book Patience with God, talked to YWJ abo...

The Message Behind the Movie: How to Engage with a Film Without Disengaging Your FaithDouglas M. BeaumontMoody Publishers, 2009, 178 pp., $14.99MessageBehindTheMovie.comSacred Terror: Religion and Horror on t...

If you Google the words "define professional" you'll get nearly 30 million matches. So much for finding a definitive meaning!Youth workers have mixed reactions to the concept of professionalism. For some, it's ...

God is a major factor in two new movies released Fri., Oct. 2. Comedian Ricky Gervais' The Invention of Lying and the Coen brothers' A Serious Man ask serious questions about God's existence. What do they concl...