Teen Trends The American Psychological Association has released an article linking parents' toxically high expectations to perfectionism in college students. Oftentimes...
Teen Trends We often talk on this blog about the fine line between being genuine on social media and faking a perfect life. Way across this line and almost into science fiction...
Teen Trends Social media gets a lot of flack, with one of the big criticisms being that people only show the highlights of their lives on it. No one gets to see the real...
Teen Trends Teens' drive for academic perfection can be much more harmful than helpful according to this article from the Los Angeles Times. This issue goes deeper than surface...
Teen Trends The big story that's blowing up in recent days comes from the Oscars awards ceremony on Sunday. In case you haven't checked social media or heard the news, Chris...
Teen Trends "Turning Red" is a newly released, trending Disney movie that was released on March 11th. The movie follows a young girl going through issues with boys in middle...
Teen Trends Teens are always coming up with new "words" or slang, and it's nearly impossible to keep up with the way that it's constantly evolving. If you're struggling to...
Teen Trends The mental health problems caused by the lockdowns are no secret at this point. However, now that schools are beginning to reopen their doors across the country...
Teen Trends With everything happening in the world, social issues took a strong shift towards the pandemic in the past two years. However, after collecting data, surveyors...
Teen Trends Television News Daily recently released an article about the success of the newly released movie, Uncharted. Since its release last week, the action movie has...
Teen Trends Every year, the Super Bowl is a big deal for many Americans, and part of the significance is the halftime show. Some of the nation's biggest artists perform their...
Teen Trends According to a recent study by AXIS, Teen dating is trending down. In past generations, 85% of seniors would go on dates or be in a committed relationship. As...
Teen Trends BTS's rise in America has been rather drastic. The K-pop (Korean Pop) boy band has exploded into the American music industry recently, and they've immersed themselves...
Teen Trends Teens need more sleep, according to research reported by the Washington Post. This might seem obvious for most of the youth we work with, but this issue may be...
Teen Trends It's no secret that pornography is pervasive among society and today's teens, and it's not just guys struggling with it anymore. An organization called Defend...
Teen Trends In case you haven't heard, there's this thing called Omicron that's wreaking havoc on schools as they are returning from Christmas breaks. Some schools have already...
Teen Trends An interesting survey for the upcoming year shows the different hobbies or skills that Gen Z hopes to learn in 2022. You can read more about it here. At the top...
Teen Trends The new Spider-Man movie called No Way Home was released recently, and it raked in the third-highest opening day revenue ever at $253 million. This is by far...
Teen Trends The way Gen Z and Millenials learn is very different from past generations, and the way they research reflects a digital culture. According to an article by YPulse...
Teen Trends YPulse has released a list of Gen Z and Millenials' favorite TV shows. While we don't exactly recommend all of the shows on this list for moral reasons, this...
Teen Trends By this point, most younger generations are familiar with the concept of esports, even if they aren't involved with it. However, the esports industry is a lot...
Teen Trends New research shows that children who were exposed to media coverage of violent events such as hurricanes, shootings, and terrorist attacks had symptoms of post...
Teen Trends There were two big music releases within the past week - Adele's new album and Taylor's Swift's new/rereleased album. Adele's new album, titled 30, has been coming...
Teen Trends There's this belief that everyone has issues that they're dealing with, and it needs to be noted that kids are included in this group as well. 64% of kids have...
Teen Trends YPulse conducted a survey about 13 to 39-year-olds favorite musicians. Topping the list, surprisingly, was Drake. At the number 2 spot was "none". This is because...
Teen Trends Within the past month, a TikToker by @jongraz has been predicting the luck of the day with his 13-year old pug, Noodle. Every day, Jonathon picks his old dog...
Teen Trends Simone Biles' withdrawal from the majority of the Olympics was a shock to everyone at the time. Citing her mental health and what the gymnastics world calls...
Teen Trends The Guardian has posted an article discussing how social media algorithms are feeding into people's views of their bodies. Due to the change in how Facebook and...
Teen Trends Y Pulse conducted a survey about what Gen Z and Millenials want in their home, and the results reflect their priorities. Some of the feedback that the survey...
Teen Trends While we celebrate how God can be glorified through multiple mediums and tools including social media, it's important to know that studies have pointed to the...
Teen Trends One important trend to come to grips with if you haven't is that teens are now spending more time engaging Tik Tok content than even Youtube! Youtube has been...
Teen Trends One fascinating trend among teens, specifically high schoolers and college students, is that some of them are advocating for "mental health days." Nowadays, students...
Teen Trends The new NFL season is now underway, and it certainly didn't disappoint. The Chiefs eeked out a win against the Browns, the Buccaneers started their season with...
Teen Trends Welcome back! We're so excited for what the upcoming school year has to offer, and we hope that you are too. Inevitably, the start of a school year comes with...
Teen Trends This probably won't surprise you, but colleges have gotten extremely expensive. To compensate for the rising costs, more and more students are having to take...
Teen Trends Piper Sandler, an investing company, has conducted several surveys about how teens spend their money. Chick-fil-A and Starbucks are the number 1 and 2 with 18...
Teen Trends Demi Lovato released a new album recently. As many people know, she has struggled with drugs for most of her adult life and ended up overdosing a couple of years...
Teen Trends The Plan UK released a study that concluded that more than half of the girls aged 14-21 in the UK have admitted to being sexually harassed at school. It's being...
Teen Trends YPulse, a marketing and research firm that specializes in teens and millennials, claims that people between the ages of 13-37 agree that racism/discrimination...
Teen Trends March Madness started this past week, and it's a big deal, especially since it didn't happen last year. In the work force, it's enjoyed so much that it's said...
Teen Trends The social media era has helped to create many powerful influencers over the years - some good and some bad. As social media has increased in popularity, so has...
Teen Trends Admittedly, this is one of the stranger trends to emerge from Tik Tok, but the #CancelPorn trend has been catching fire. In fact, as of last week, it's approaching...
Teen Trends Loneliness is something that many teenagers and young adults struggle with, but amidst all of the ongoing chaos with the pandemic, those rates are even higher...
Teen Trends Marvel's new show, WandaVision, premiered earlier this year on Disney+ to much excitement. However, it's not your typical Marvel movie. It's more of a sitcom...
Teen Trends School has ended for some people, and others only have a couple of weeks left. Whenever schools in your area get out, get ready because it'll be here soon. Here...
Teen Trends The second season of Star Wars' Mandalorian has been releasing a new episode on Disney+ every Thursday night. Chapter 11 (The third episode of season 2) was the...
Teen Trends Where did you get your news coverage during the election? You may have been one of the many teens tuning into TikTok, where content creators were banding together...
Teen Trends The Pew Research Center has done some research on the effects that the pandemic has had on people. One of their findings was that 86% of people believe that there...
Teen Trends One game that middle school, college students (and adults) alike are playing is Among Us. It's a game in which ten players try to identify the two "imposters...
We're excited to announce the beginning of the QUEST PODCAST! Join us as we talk through topics on the Bible, Culture, Calling, and Ministry. With special topics and special...
Teen Trends Christianity often requires us to be genuinely honest about life's reality as we apply and revise that reality with God's truth. This week's trend could be a...
Teen Trends All over Tik Tok and Instagram are personalized and styled home screens. With the new iPhone update, teens and young adults are decking out their home screen...
"Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement." 1 Chronicles...
"37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That...
"But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season...
Maybe that 5-40% lack of clarity in outcome is the faith step God is asking you to take? "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not...
In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was...
"God's goal is faithfulness over popularity and success." The Bible says, He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his...
“For your typical youth group, half of them are never reading the Bible,” says Jeff Eckart, Never the Same (NTS) and Claim Your Campus (CYC2020) founder. These are jarring words...
Luke is 15 years old. He's honest. Luke says, "When I think about the big decisions in life, they can be stressful." But, he also has some good advice. "Stay true to who God...
Ashley was a skeptic. She had strong doubts about the Bible. Then the Bible came alive to her. Check out her story. “When you’re a non-believer, it’s so easy to pull things...
Another summer came and went with the ministry opportunity I wanted being given to someone else. It felt awful to be passed over. It made me worry that maybe I wasn’t called...
It's hard to understand God's call on your life. Check out what Zach Coffin, Director of Next Generation Ministries in The Wesleyan Church has to say.