Please note: Our currently new articles are posted as PDF's.
(The free software Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read these files.)

December 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Listen as Mark Matlock discusses the importance of teaching students about wisdom, and his new books for teens in the Wisdom On... series. You'll also learn more about WisdomWorks Ministries, and you can save on his new books, releasing in January 2008.

November 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Listen to a practical, and yet really funny interview with Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins, the authors of the new book, Speaking to Teenagers. With decades of youth ministry and speaking experience, these guys have a lot of wisdom to pass along.

October 2, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Jeanne Stevens, author of Soul School, talks about how you can care for your own soul in the midst of the craziness of ministry and life and her passion for HERstory, the event for women in youth ministry taking place in Atlanta before NYWC.

September 19, 2007: New Article!—
~ More than a One-Night Stand: Beyond mere event hype (Wendy Walker)

September 12, 2007: New Article!—
~ Buns Charades Versus Acts 2: Confessions of an Event Skeptic (Ken Moser)

September 5, 2007: New Article!—
~ It's a Both-And Thing: The False Dichotomy Between Events and Relationships (Grant English)

September 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Based on research, youth ministry vet Ginny Olson, shares about Teenage Girls, today's youth culture and its affects on young girls. A key interview for both male and female youth workers.

August 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Based on research, youth ministry vet Ginny Olson, shares about Teenage Girls, today's youth culture and its affects on young girls. A key interview for both male and female youth workers.

July 31, 2007: New YS Logo!—
~ After 13 years...we have a new logo!

July 17, 2007: New Article!—
~ In Other Words: Choosing the Timeless over the Transient (Titus Benton)

July 10, 2007: New Article!—
~ If These Walls Could Talk: Providing a Linguistic Framework Around Sexuality (Justin Spurlock)

July 5, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Get inside tips from author Jonathan McKee to help you get students to show up at your events.

June 13, 2007: New Article!—
~ Jesus Justice: So Easy a Five-Year-Old Can Do It (Jeremy Del Rio)

June 3, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Mark Yaconelli shares stories from his new book Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry. He's actually pretty funny for a "contemplative" guy!

May 23, 2007: New Article!—
~ Unfair Justice (Michael Rose)

May 15, 2007: New Article!—
~ Justice for the Uncool (Lem Usita)

May 14, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Get a lesson on the world your teens live in from Walt Mueller, author of the new book, Youth Culture 101.

April 3, 2007: New Article!—
~ Youth Pastor in Exile (Andrew Seely)

March 28, 2007: New Article!—
~ From Clichés to Shiv'ah (Tiffany Marshall)

March 21, 2007: New Article!—
~ Presence and the Hurting Teenager; (Nicole Oliver Snyder)

March 14, 2007: New Article!—
~ Go Ahead...God Can Take It (Doug Ranck)

March 7, 2007: New Article!—
~ When Life Crashes (Scott Craddock)

March 6, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Listen as Dave Rahn talks about 3Story evangelism, and the new 3Story Evangelism Training Curriculum from YS. You'll discover why evangelism as a lifestyle is so important for teens.

February 28, 2007: New Article!—
~ When Words Fail (Gary Denvil Cahill)

February 21, 2007: New Article!—
~ A Kingdom Perspective: On Getting through a Slump (René Rochester)

February 14, 2007: New Article!—
~ Reculturing Youth Ministry: The Disciple as Critical Thinker (Chris Folmsbee)

February 7, 2007: New Article!—
~ Abide: Means of Grace (Libbie Patterson)

February 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Listen to middle school veterans, Mark Oestreicher and Kurt Johnston, as they share their thoughts on middle school ministry, early adolescent development, and reveal some of their own middle school embarrassing memories. Also listen for a coupon for the new Middle School Survival Series books written by Marko and Kurt.

January 31, 2007: New Article!—
~ A Kingdom Perspective: On Humor (René Rochester)

January 24, 2007: New Article!—
~ Intentional Living: Principles of Influence (Valorie Burton)

January 16, 2007: New Article!—
~ CultureWise: What Isn't Persecution (Mark Matlock)

January 9, 2007: New Article!—
~ Re-Culturing Youth Ministry: The Disciple as Healer (Chris Folmsbee)

January 2, 2007: New Article!—
~ CultureWise: Sanitize or Avoid? (Mark Matlock)

January 1, 2007: New Podcast!—
~ Listen to author Chris Folmsbee as he talks about his new book, A New Kind of Youth Ministry, and how youth workers can be thinking about change in their own ministry contexts.

2006 What's New Archive