Did you know that Iceland used to have terrible rates of drug and alcohol use among its youth, but that these have plummeted in the last...

In my last post, I wrote about the epidemic of suicide among teenagers. There are probably a lot of causes for this, including increased...

I am often told by the teens I see for counseling that music-“my music” is their number one coping tool. My guess would be that many of...

1 Samuel 17:2-11 Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was...

The candles were lined up in perfect rows. The red glow emanating from some of them meant that they had already received the name of...

We opened the Teen Action and Support Center so that every teen who wants or needs a place at the table would be able to find a seat and wor

She was just 16 years old and standing in front of an audience of 2,500 adults, most of whom were busy checking their emails, texts, or...

My husband, Greg, has always coached youth athletic teams. Even before we were married, he coached boys’ little league teams and served...

Parenting teenagers can be very challenging. They are no longer children and not yet adults. Sometimes we just have to stop, take a deep...

Our culture tells us to fear the time between childhood and adolescence and adolescence and adulthood. I will admit that it can be...

Is God really good all the time? Of course we would say yes! For such a long time we have been confirming this in church as a...

I love to walk. I always have. Walking has often been like therapy for me, a way to process ministry and mothering challenges. Each step...

I think it is interesting that in the same week we have had side-by-side examples of what kind of discipline works well with teenagers...