It’s often tough to understand why teenagers do what they do. One moment they’re calm and rational, but the next they’re agitated and emotional. One day they’re making incredibly wise choices, but the next they’re making disastrous mistakes. Yesterday they earned your trust, but today it seems they’ve lost it once again.
Why such inconsistency? Credit their brains.
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Teenage Brains is filled with helpful, practical insights from veteran youth worker Mark Oestreicher.
Without an understanding of teenage brain development, we might miss life’s teachable moments or shut down our child’s curiosity with easy answers that don’t satisfy the search for truth happening below the surface.
That’s why Marko has written this book: to guide you through the world of the teenage brain, to help you understand and appreciate the amazing transformations it undergoes in adolescence to prepare children for adulthood and its many responsibilities.

Fine Marko’s book here.

The best youth ministry pet ever is also the most epic animal on the face of the planet.
A gorgeous, four-horned unicorn.
There have been many cases of blindness immediately after viewing a quadricorn.
Poops out the most colorful rainbows of all.

On that note check this out…you can now print workbooks for students, leaders, and yourself in minuets!

Thanks for loving students
- Justin

So I thought Youth Ministry Nation would appreciate a heads up about our Deal of the Day Tomorrow…

Here you go…FYI its live right now for be the first and make sure you get yours before we sell out!

Thanks for loving students
- Justin

Found “The Slow Mo Guys” as we were researching some fun youth ministry ideas for Group Magazine! if nothing else its a great YouTube video!

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Thanks for loving students
- Justin

In light of last nights horrific incident at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater…what are you to do?

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1) Talk to your students about it! This a great opportunity to ask your students, in any setting…small group especially, what they think about the entire story. Their response may surprise you, and may show you that have been listening.

2) Talk to the parents of your ministry! This event can be used as an amazing tool to help equip parents, and thus encourage them to know where their daughters and sons are both spiritually and physically.

3) KEEP loving students! We often times get frustrated, lazy, reluctant to reach out to that one student. This event proves that youth work as a whole and that young people need positive influences in their life!

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Thanks for loving students
- Justin