Glow Kids
Glow Kids
Dr. Nicholas Kardaras
We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses―and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces―the Glow Kids―are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence or fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that glowing screens might even be good for kids―a form of interactive educational tool. Don’t believe it. In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology―more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity―has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person’s developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can.
The Teenage Brain
The Teenage Brain
Dr. Frances E. Jensen
The root myth scientists believed for years was that the adolescent brain was essentially an adult one, only with fewer miles on it. Over the last decade, however, the scientific community has learned that the teen years encompass vitally important stages of brain development. Dr. Jensen gathers what we’ve discovered about adolescent brain function, wiring, and capacity and explains the science in the contexts of everyday learning and multitasking, stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision-making. In this groundbreaking yet accessible book, these findings also yield practical suggestions that will help adults and teenagers negotiate the mysterious world of adolescent development.
Streetlights
Streetlights
Streetlights is a ministry of Creative Communicators called to intentionally engage global urban culture with the Gospel of Jesus Christ by producing, translating, teaching, and proclaiming God’s Word, so all can understand. Our identity and call are founded on the belief that God’s Word is transformational.
BibleProject
BibleProject
Many people have misunderstood the Bible as a collection of inspirational quotes or a divine instruction manual dropped from Heaven. Most of us gravitate toward sections we enjoy while avoiding parts that are confusing or even disturbing. Our Bible resources help people experience the Bible in a way that is approachable, engaging, and transformative. We do this by showcasing the literary art of the Scriptures and tracing biblical themes from beginning to end. Rather than taking the stance of a specific tradition or denomination, we create materials to elevate the Bible for all people and draw our eyes to its unified message.
The Bible App for Kids
The Bible App for Kids
The Bible App for Kids is the newest member of the YouVersion family. With interactive adventures and colorful animations, you'll help the your kids fall in love with God's Word from a young age.
Bible App
Bible App
Take God’s Word with you wherever you go by downloading the free Bible App. Listen to audio Bibles, create Prayers, study with Friends, and much more—all for free. Choose from more than 2,400 Bible versions in over 1,600 languages on your computer, phone, or tablet.
Be Resolute
Be Resolute
Author of 31 books and a 29-year ministry veteran, Vince Miller has served in and advised the most notable ministry names. But it hasn’t always been this way. Abandoned by his father at the age of two, Vince grew up in a challenging and anxiety-producing environment. He endured the strain of his mother’s two failed marriages, as well as her poor choices and drug use. Fortunately, during Vince’s formative teen years, his grandfather, a man of faith, stepped up to mentor Vince, and because of this, he devoted his life to mentoring others. Today he is hosted on major video and radio platforms like RightNow Media, Faithlife TV, and FaithRadio. One of his most widely read resources is the Men's Daily Devo, read by 100,000 worldwide
Radical Mentoring
Radical Mentoring
Breathe new life into your men’s ministry. Don’t let isolation hold your men back. Put a small group mentoring process in place to help your men develop authentic relationships and unlock their leadership potential.
Men of the Kingdom
Men of the Kingdom
Activate your purpose in Christ.
Through a shared curriculum, educational group dynamic, and mentor relationships, Men of the Kingdom brings devoted Christian men of all generations together in the spirit and pursuit of Jesus Christ. Our focus is on an aggressive pursuit of God and an active life and mission for Christ every day and everywhere.
The Axis Project
The Axis Project
We are dedicated to reclaiming our nation through integrated communities of men that are awakening destiny by empowering fathers & initiating sons. The Axis Project exists to support, connect, and partner with fathers to initiate their sons into the community of men by rekindling the sacred act of “coming of age” ceremonies.
Family Teams
Family Teams
Our idea of family is a failed experiment. Why? Mostly because we believe family only exists as a springboard for the individual. The individual is the most important thing. But what’s interesting is no sports dynasty and no successful business have ever succeeded because of an individual. They succeeded because they were strong teams. And we think this is hidden in plain sight in scripture too. When God wanted to start the story and gave a mission and an order (go reign, rule, create, and make beauty and order out of chaos) he didn’t make an individual. He didn’t start a non profit. He didn’t get a board of directors. He created a family team. A multi generational family team on mission to be exact. And we believe recovering this paradigm is the key to a flourishing, powerful, life giving family. And that’s what family teams is. A place to find resources, courses, community, live events, and more to equip you as you say no to the western family experiment and yes to God’s design of building a family team on mission!
Intentional
Intentional
Intentional exists to equip people throughout the world in their desire to become passionate Jesus followers to pas on who they become through their own life, leadership, marriage, parenting, and family for generations to come.
7 Secrets of Effective Fathers
The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers
Ken Canfield
You CAN understand the secrets of effective fathering. You CAN do them. You CAN raise healthy, happy, good kids. You can't earn a degree, take postgraduate courses, be certified or become a master tradesman, but being a dad is the most important job you will ever have. The multitude of suggestions and "should do's" being shouted at you from all corners can be overwhelming. You cannot do them all, but how do you choose which techniques and skills are the most important for raising happy, healthy children? Solid scientific research and the wisdom of excellent experienced fathers clearly show the way.
Discipline that Connects with Your Child’s Heart
Discipline that Connects with Your Child’s Heart
Jim & Lynne Jackson
Did you know that the way we deal (or don't deal) with our kids' misbehavior shapes their beliefs about themselves, the world, and God? Therefore it's vital to connect with their hearts--not just their minds--amid the daily behavior battles. With warmth and grace, Jim and Lynne Jackson, founders of Connected Families, offer four tried-and-true keys to handling any behavioral issues with love, truth, and authority. You will learn practical ways to communicate messages of grace and truth, how to discipline in a way that motivates your child, and how to keep your relationship strong, not antagonistic. Discipline is more than just a short-term attempt to modify your child's actions--it's a long-term investment to help them build faith, wisdom, and character for life. When you discover a better path to discipline, you'll find a more well-behaved--and well-believed--kid.
Praying Circles around Your Children
Praying Circles around Your Children
Mark Batterson
Every blessing, every breakthrough, and every miracle can be traced back to the prayers that were prayed by you or for you. Join Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, as he equips you to become an extraordinary influence in the lives of your children through one simple practice: praying for them.
Parenting
Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles that can Radically Change Your Family
Paul David Tripp
In the midst of folding laundry, coordinating carpool schedules, and breaking up fights, many parents get lost. Feeling pressure to do everything “right” and raise up “good” children, it’s easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents in the quest for practical tips and guaranteed formulas. In this life-giving book, Paul Tripp offers parents much more than a to-do list. Instead, he presents us with a big-picture view of God’s plan for us as parents. Outlining fourteen foundational principles centered on the gospel, he shows that we need more than the latest parenting strategy or list of techniques. Rather, we need the rescuing grace of God―grace that has the power to shape how we view everything we do as parents.
Habits of the Household
Habits of the Household
Justin Whitmel Earley
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.
The Techwise Family
The Techwise Family
Andy Crouch
Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world's knowledge at our fingertips. And it's definitely not just about the kids. Drawing on in-depth original research from the Barna Group, Andy Crouch shows readers that the choices we make about technology have consequences we may never have considered. He takes readers beyond the typical questions of what, where, and when and instead challenges them to answer provocative questions like, Who do we want to be as a family? and How does our use of a particular technology move us closer or farther away from that goal? Anyone who has felt their family relationships suffer or their time slip away amid technology's distractions will find in this book a path forward to reclaiming their real life in a world of devices.
Play the Man
Play the Man
Mark Batterson
Somewhere along the way, our culture lost its definition of manhood, leaving generations of men and men-to-be confused about their roles, responsibilities, relationships, and the reason God made them men. It's into this "no man's land" that New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson declares his mantra for manhood: play the man.
Raising Passionate Jesus Followers
Raising Passionate Jesus Followers
Phil + Diane Comer
Hope and practical help for parents whose greatest longing is to shepherd their children into a vibrant faith in God.