Teen Spirituality

As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship. You'll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys.

ദേവീദേവന്മാരും ഋഷികളും സിദ്ധന്മാരും യക്ഷഗന്ധര്‍വ്വാദികളും ഭരണാധിപരും മഹാത്മാക്കളും മഹാമാന്ത്രികര്‍, കവികള്‍ ഗജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാര്‍ എല്ലാം അണിനിരക്കുന്ന കഥകളുടെ മഹാപ്രപഞ്ചം. മലയാള മനസ്സില്‍ ചിരപ്രതിഷ്ഠ നേടിയ മഹാഗ്രന്ഥമാണ് കൊട്ടാരത്തില്‍ ശങ്കുണ്ണിയുടെ ഐതിഹ്യമാല. ബാലകൗമാരമനസ്സുകളില്‍ ഐതിഹ്യമാല അത്ഭുതകരമായ സ്വാധീനമാണു ചെലുത്തുന്നത്.

The very popular prayer book for Orthodox youth Hear Me has now been revised to include more prayers, answer more questions, and tackle additional difficult subject matter with which our young people are constantly faced. The mission of Hear Me remains the same: to inspire young people to pray, to challenge Orthodox high schoolers and young adults in their walk with Christ, to offer encouragement, help answer questions, give direction, and ultimately be an added guide in finding one’s own path toward theosis.

Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable 9-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer-mom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district spelling bees in quick succession, Saul takes it as a sign that she is destined for greatness.

Teen pregnancy is never easy. When it is the result of pregnancy through rape, the public shame becomes even more unbearable. World-class lifestyle coach and visionary Michelle Graham overcame her fear of the unknown and of those shaming her by holding onto her faith in dark times.

No matter one’s life stage, we all journey through life amidst daily events that bring stress, discouragement, and relationship issues. Sometimes we can step away from this world to our own inner space. Discover peace of heart, gaze at hope, and grapple with courage. Finally, take a deep breath and emerge once more as the human we were created to be. As we recognize our own flaws, we turn to the compassionate self that learns to spread love instead of anger and hate.

In Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, Roy Petitfils gives parents, pastors, and youth leaders the knowledge, courage, and tools they need to step in, make a difference, and be the presence of Christ for teens in crisis. Roy Petitfils knows what it's like to be an addicted, depressed teenager, filled with self-loathing and desperate for help. He describes himself at high school graduation as by far the largest person in his hometown and yet feeling as though he were "stuck in Harry Potter's invisibility cloak".

In this student edition of Gods at War, Kyle Idleman helps us recognize there are false gods at war within each of us, and they battle for the place of glory and control in our lives. What keeps us from truly following Jesus Christ is that our hearts are pursuing something or someone else like money or popularity.

The Guy's Guide will encourage your faith, challenge you spiritually, and give you real-life advice how to live out your faith in today’s highly secularized culture, with distractions lurking around every corner. . .and just a click away.

You sit there bewildered. Across the kitchen table, your young’un has just declared “I am queer non-binary” or “this body is not who I am.” This is throwing you for a loop. Once again, you feel out of your league in this whole parenting thing. Or, perhaps a friend has confessed to your teen that he or she is trans. Your child is asking you how to respond. You are at a loss. Or, an uncle has begun estrogen treatments and is asking your family to use a new name for him.

Every ministry needs capable and reliable volunteers, but so often it feels like no one is coming forward to fill your church's needs. In reality, the people around us do want to volunteer their time and talents, but we often fail to connect potential volunteers to ministry opportunities or lose them somewhere along the way. The Volunteer Effect is your start-to-finish guide to recruiting, leading, and retaining volunteers for your ministry.

Sooner or later, kids have big questions about God, life, faith, and the Bible, especially when their friends start asking them about what they believe. A common one is: Why does God let bad things happen? Big questions deserve good answers. This warm, reassuring, and fast-paced book looks at what the Bible says to help 9- to 13-year-olds think through this big question for themselves.

You want to do hard things. But you don’t know where to start. You are changing the world around you. But you are tired and burned out. You feel called to do the extraordinary for God. But you feel stuck in the ordinary. Do Hard Things inspired thousands of young people around the world to make the most of the teen years. Now Alex and Brett Harris are back and ready to tackle the questions that Do Hard Things inspired: How do I get started? What do I do when I get discouraged? What’s the best way to inspire others?

The last thing 10-year-old Corey remembers (before the world as he knew it disappeared) was the searing pain in his head after falling while chasing his dog Molly into the woods. What happens next can't be explained as Corey wakes up and finds himself face-to-face with not one but two lions!

A long, long time ago, in the ancient lands of India, known in those days as Bharatvarsha, a family quarrel grew into a bloody war. There had been wars before, and there have been wars since, but that mighty battle between warring cousins of the Kuru clan has become a part of the mythology and history of India. Told and retold a million times, the story of the Mahabharata is about defeat as much as victory, about humility as much as courage. It is the greatest story ever told.

As a teenager, Liz felt overwhelmed by anxiety. Now that she's a mental health counselor, she wants to pass on what she's learned. With daily Scripture readings, breathing exercises, and additional mental-health resources, this little book offers you comfort and help in your anxiety. See how your anxiety fits into God's big story—and learn how Jesus can bring you peace.

Are fear and insecurity holding you back from embracing your true potential? Struggling to Find Your Purpose Amidst the Noise? These are all completely normal feelings for a guy your age to experience. That will all change after you apply the rhythm for life that you will discover in this book. No matter where you are on your faith journey, or how busy your schedule is, you can use this book to take your faith to the next level!

Il était une fois... Dans un royaume lointain, un jeune prince est victime d'un terrible sort : son cœur, enveloppé d'une gangue de cristal, ne peut ni vibrer ni aimer.

Mogel’s sage advice on parenting young children has struck a chord with thousands of readers and made her one of today’s most trusted parenting authorities. Now, in a longawaited followup, Mogel addresses the question she hears most frequently: what to do when those children become teenagers, their sense of independence and entitlement grows, the pressure to compete and succeed skyrockets, and communication becomes fraught with obstacles.

Living Your Story is an invitation for teens and young adults to embark on a transformative journey to discover who God created them to be. This book, built around the themes of Waking, Walking, Wrestling, Working, Watching, and Waiting, helps teens navigate life's big questions about identity, purpose, and faith.