“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Kids hear this question even when they are little, but they feel the pressure more as they reach young adulthood.  Many are unaware of all the options available to them. Exposing young people to different types of work will...

by Rebecca Dwinell  Groans echoed off the walls of the gym. Coach Jose started counting to ten again while his students laid on the floor doing another plank. He had already been working them hard for about half an hour at gym class. They moaned and complained that...

by Deb Hane  Where I grew up, most people were connected with one of the more than ten different churches in town. Church played a big part in the social network and was considered the place to help raise good kids. But our cultural view toward church has dramatically...

by Mark Shaw  Have you ever daydreamed about being exceptionally talented at something, like singing or sprinting, but you know you just weren’t given the gift or proper training to get good at it? Chances are your kids imagine being exceptional too, which makes them...

by Jenna Townsend    How did you experience bullying as a kid? Maybe it was on the playground or during lunch in the cafeteria or on a bus. Bullying hurts no matter where it takes place; and unfortunately, kids today have a lot more places where they can be victims of...

Let Us Not Grow Weary by Rebecca Dwinell  A testimony of how God encourages us when we are weary.  When my alarm went off, my face was buried into the pillow. “Lord,” I prayed, “I do not want to get up for another day of camp. I know there are fun girls in my cabin...

Don’t Be Afraid by Debra Hane  As a little girl, I remember lying in bed at night, gripped in fear that alligators were under my bed and would bite me if I tried to get out. Sounds silly, doesn’t it? But for me, the fear was quite real. Later I reasoned that if there...