Review: Momento Mori by Flyleaf By Tim Gibbons  Memento Mori, the highly-anticipated sequel to Flyleaf's 2005 self-titled debut, was well worth the four year wait. The Texas-based quintet returns with more mature lyrics, pulse pounding music and a well-defined message. Memento Mori also delivers the same intensity of Flyleaf while standing out as clear improvement for the band as a whole.   ...Readmore

Review: Lose Your Cool by Zach Hunter By Patti Gibbons  Filled with character portraits sharing stories of determined, sold-out living, Zach Hunter's Lose Your Cool offers teenagers fuel to move on making a difference in their world. Knowing that Hunter is also a teenager, one who has taken his own advice and is serious about living for God's purpose in his life, makes Lose Your Cool a natural choice to help challenge your students to 'go and do likewise.'...Readmore

Get Back to the Garage By Adam McLane  Last night I was listening to the latest episode of This American Life about origin stories of new industries and companies. Many well-known companies have a myth that they started in a garage. Even if it really isn’t true, people want to believe that their company was created by someone with a crazy idea who invested her last $2000 on an idea and got started in their garage. For some companies, like Hewlett-Packard and Apple, there is truth to it and the gara...Readmore

June 18: A Freebie 2-fer from Experiencing Christ Together and Imaginative Prayer for Youth Ministry June is upon us and school is ended, or ending, for most of our students.  We thought you might appreciate a free lesson that you could use to make summer gatherings (or Fall planning) simpler!  Then, we thought, why not give you two?  So, here you go! First, a small group lesson from Experiencing Christ Together: Growing in Jesus by Doug Fields and Brett Eastman. We're giving you Chapter 2: In the Heat of the Desert, a session on taking risk as a disciple.  You...Readmore

Welcome YM Women to the YMX Forums With a goal of giving women in youth ministry a place to connect, Youth Specialties is excited to open the doors of a brand new web home for YM Women....Readmore