Once upon a time there was a society in which learning was confined to a classroom and information was gathered by reading books and newspapers or watching the6:00 news. No one had heard of MP3 players, blogs, ...

Jossey-Bass, 2005, 237 pp., $23.95,www.josseybass.comAfter reading the title of this book, I couldn’t wait to tear into it. As I read, it tore into me. It is not another emergent/leftbehind/leaves me behi...

Youth Specialties, 2003, 370 pp., $14.99,www.youthspecialties.comEverything Counts is a year-long youth ministry devotional inspired by Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest — easily the great...

Howard Publishing, 2005, 184 pp., $14.99,www.howardpublishing.comI love the concept of this book; each of the 31 studies is based on thought-provoking questions asked by Jesus. The goal is life change brought a...

Kregel, 2005, 160 pp., $11.99,www.kregel.comWhat is life all about? What is the purpose of life? These are questions that have been asked every day since creation and are still being asked. Are there answers? W...

In my last youth position, I did a monthly segment called “Late Night with Jason,” which was essentially a rip-off of Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show. I owe 100 percent of the succe...

Technology is cool. Really cool. And rightly so. Technology has been here since the beginning. According to Genesis, the only thing older than technology is the Godhead itself.Think about it. Creation is the si...

Cook Communications Ministries, 2005,253 pp., $12.99, www.cookministries.comThis book takes on a crucial issue, the sex-saturated nature of mass media, without going to excesses or resorting to scare tactics li...

Nelson, 2006, 220 pp., $16.99,www.thomasnelson.comAt first, this was a difficult read. It was a little too predictable and full of clichés for my taste. I also found it to be a bit choppy. But I chose not ...

Group, 2005, 143 pp., $16.99,www.group.comWhy another game book when there are several free youth ministry Web sites with hundreds of games on them (albeit, most non-FDA approved)? Because not all youth leaders...