Youth Culture

Connection vs. Stereotypes

by Dani Tietjen | Mar 9, 2017 | Hot Topics, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

We were created for connection, yet we have a bad habit of boxing people into stereotypes that separate us from one another.

Inside the Teen World: What Worries Us About Our Generation

by Cassie Moore | Oct 19, 2016 | Blogs, Inside the Teen World, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

A group of teens share what worries them about their generation.

Inside the Teen World: Teaching Students to Be Still

by Cassie Moore | Mar 23, 2016 | Blogs, Inside the Teen World, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

How can we teach the habit of being still before the Lord to our students?

Inside the Teen Mind: The Hardest Thing About Being a Teen

by Cassie Moore | Dec 8, 2015 | Blogs, Inside the Teen World, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

Cassie asked a group, “What is the hardest thing about being a teen today?” Here are their answers.

Technology: Tool, Treasure, Tyrant or Trouble?

by Kristin Schmidt | Aug 28, 2015 | Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 2

Best Practices for Youth Group Use without Abuse We have all likely seen it: adolescents going...

Youth and Popular Culture: It’s All About Influence and Interaction

by Amy Becker | Aug 20, 2015 | Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

Popular culture changes for each generation, but its implications on faith and society particularly affect the young. They need guidance from the inside to help them navigate it all. Youth leaders can be those guides.

The First Generation of the 21st Century: The Plurals

by Terry Dittmer | Aug 17, 2015 | Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

What do you know about the kids who are sitting in our confirmation classes and entering our high...

Betwixt: Stepping into the Unknown

by Cassie Moore | Aug 28, 2014 | Aug2017, Betwixt, Doing Ministry, Growing Up, Middle School Ministry, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

A young teen just starting high school shares her thoughts and fears.

Veritas: Looking for Answers

by Carolyn Starkey | Jul 28, 2014 | Veritas, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

youthESource asked a couple teens, “What questions do you have about your faith, or about God?...

Betwixt: Inside the Tween Mind, part two

by Cassie Moore | Jul 16, 2014 | Betwixt, Doing Ministry, Middle School Ministry, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

Cassie shares more thoughts on what’s going on inside the tween mind, and offers some tips on how we can help these young people.

Veritas: Questions I Have

by Emily Ciaccio | Jul 11, 2014 | Veritas, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

youthESource asked a couple teens, “What questions do you have about your faith, or about God? What questions are your friends asking? Where do you go for the answers? How could your church help?” Here’s what one of them had to say.