Youth Conventions

I was disappointed to see that the traditional Youth Unlimited conventions (still “YCF” to me) are

In 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

My husband and I have recently taken up a hobby that has most of our friends and family thinking we’re crazy.

Septembers have scared me ever since Ma, back in the old country, marched me off to “Kleuterschool” (kindergarten).

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I don’t have a boyfriend or a car.

I’m 23. I still live with my parents.

I was not in a praying mood.

One starry night, God took a man named Abraham outside and said to him, “Look up at the stars—can you count them?” The

I knew it was coming.

Calling

Q I just switched my major from art to biology because my parents tell me I need

Youth-Friendly Churches

Kudos to Rev.

"The body of Christ, given for you,” the elder says quietly, offering the communion bread to Rob.

We all begin as tiny, fragile eggs.

There’s nothing like a lazy sprawl on a reclining deck chair on a sunny August afternoon, a tall glass of lemonade in one hand and

Two youngsters were closely examining bathroom scales on display at the department store.

It’s the middle of summer, and chances are the weather outside is HOT.

"So when are you ‘flock-worthy’?” a friend asked me.

Lost it at synod this year.

No, it’s not what you think. I wasn’t mad. I was overjoyed. But it showed too much.

The pastor in Phil the barber’s village had a fiery sermon on witnessing: “We all have to be soul-winners!”

Conventional wisdom suggests that “silence is golden”—a saying that no doubt originated with

Identity theft is something that most of us associate with credit cards and the Internet.

Did you know that bats live near you?

Electrons

Q My church has too many meetings! Can technology help?