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Jon Nielson – bio
Why Youth Stay in Church When They Grow Up
College Transition Initiative
Digital Kids Initiative
Sexual Integrity Initiative

Books:
Faith That Lasts: Raising Kids That Don’t Leave The Church by Jon Nielson
Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide by Cameron Cole and Jon Nielson
Make College Count: A Faithful Guide to Life + Learning by Derek Melleby
Learning for the Love of God: A Student’s Guide to Academic Faithfulness by Don Opitz and Derek Melleby
The Signs of True Conversion by Mark Talbot
Turning to God: Reclaiming Christian Conversion as Unique, Necessary, and Supernatural by David Wells
Beginning Well: Christian Conversion & Authentic Transformation by Gordon Smith
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters by Timothy Keller
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp
More books by Paul Tripp
Books from Kevin DeYoung

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The Simple Seven
Just Add Parents: Ready-to-Use Parent Meeting – “Raising Marketing-Savvy Kids”
CPYU Seminars
Adweek
Ad Age
Ads of the World
Marketing Land

Marketing blog posts and radio shows from CPYU:
Marketing as Map and Mirror… Three Ads to Deconstruct Christianly… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Marketing Tricks… An Infographic that Might Make You a Savvy Christmas Shopper… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Managing Marketing Madness… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Teen Targeted Marketing (Youth Culture Today radio program)
Marketing Cool (Youth Culture Today radio program)
Marketing and the Hole in the Soul (Youth Culture Today radio program)

Marketing Related Articles:
Genius Ways Companies Get Kids to Do Their Marketing for Them
Gen Z ‘More Receptive’ To Advertising Than Older Generations
In The US, Kids Play a Central Role in Household Purchases

Books:
Youth Culture 101 by Walt Mueller
On Earth as It Is in Advertising? Moving from Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope by Sam Van Eman
The Pitch: A Simple 1-2-3-4-5 Way to Understand the Basic Pattern of Persuasion in Advertising by Hugh Rank
The Great Tween Buying Machine: Capturing Your Share of the Multi-Billion-Dollar Tween Market by David Siegel, Timothy Coffey, Gregory Livingston

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Dr. Marv Penner
The Coalition for Youth Ministry Excellence
Marv Penner seminars
Download Youth Ministry
How to Break Away From the Gender Binary (Teen Vogue article mentioned)
The Keepers (Docuseries on Netflix)
PA Attorney General Report on Child Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church
National Youth Workers Convention
What it is. What it means. Pop Culture & Youth Ministry Podcast

Books:
Help! My Kids Are Hurting: A Survival Guide to Working With Students In Pain by Marv Penner
Better Safe than Sued: Keeping Your Students and Ministry Alive by Jack Crabtree
Youth Ministry Management Tools 2.0: Everything You Need to Successfully Manage Your Ministry by Mike Work and Ginny Olson

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Cameron and Lauren Cole’s story
Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole
Cameron Cole
Rooted Ministry
Rooted Conference
Cathedral Church of the Advent
Dare 2 Share
Just Add Parents: Ready-to-Use Parent Meetings – “Raising Marketing-Savvy Kids”
Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller

Books:
Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole
Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leonard Sax
The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax
Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal by Richard Lovelace
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms by Kutter Callaway
Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith by Scotty Smith
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

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Dr. Pepper Fansville commercial
The Simple Seven (Ad Filtering Questions)
Project Six19
Sexual Integrity Initiative
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: A study of parental reports (Research Article by Lisa Littman)
Jazz Jennings Is ‘Doing Super Well’ Nearly 3 Months After Undergoing Gender Confirmation Surgery
For Trans People Seeking Passports, State Department Abruptly Changes Language
Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (Policy Statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
ELCA Hits Bottom (by Robert Benne for First Things)
Thoughts on Revoice (blog post from Tim Geiger)
HarvestUSA

Books:
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution by Ann Travers
Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations into the Family of Faith by Chap Clark
Adoptive Church: Creating an Environment Where Emerging Generations Belong by Chap Clark

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Youth Ministry and Winging It… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Chelsea Erickson (First Congregational Church of Hamilton)
Kyle Kauffman (Keystone Church)
Kerry Trunfio (Our Savior Lutheran Church)
Kevin Yi (bio on Rooted)
Rooted Youth Ministry
Casket Empty

Books:
God’s Word For You Commentary Series by The Good Book Company
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge by R.A. Torrey
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church by Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang
God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs by Timothy and Kathy Keller

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John Perritt – bio
Reformed Youth Ministries
RYM – Youth Leader Training Conferences
The Local Youth Worker – RYM Podcast hosted by John Perritt

Books:
Time Out: The Gift or God of Youth Sports by John Perritt
Don’t Waste Your Sports by C.J. Maheney

Media:
Organized Sports and Fun
Parents and Sports
Sports Specialization
Parents and Sports Pressure
Decline in Sports Participation
Episode 22: “Sports, Parenting, Compassion, Faith and Fandom” with Jeremy Affeldt

Blogs from Walt Mueller:
Kids and Sports… Lessons Learned From the Land of Losing…
A Little Letter to Parents on Youth Sports…
Some Thoughts on Parents, Kids, and Youth Sports Craziness…
Parents, Kids, and Sports Pressure…
Only a Game? … Thoughts on what Spectating Tells Me about Me…

Articles:
Families Who Relocate for Sports Prodigies
Survey Shows Youth Sports Specialization Accelerating
Study Finds More Girls Leaving Sports During Adolescence
Specialization In Youth Sports Has Dangers
Stop the Sports Parenting Madness

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Tim Geiger – bio
Harvest USA
On Being a Woman: A Father’s Words to His Daughter
What Should I Communicate to My Daughter About Sexuality?
Helping Your Children Establish Sexual Accountability
Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution (Netflix Documentary)
Sexual Integrity Initiative
Revisiting a Letter to My Teenage Daughter (a blog from Walt Mueller)
Gospel Sexuality: Youth Ministry Training – Video Series
Alive: Gospel Sexuality for Students by Harvest USA
God’s Design for Sexuality in a Changing Culture by Harvest USA
Sex and the Single Girl: Smart Ways to Care for Your Heart by Ellen Dykas
Sexual Sanity for Women: Healing From Sexual And Relational Brokenness by Ellen Dykas
iSnooping on Your Kids: Parenting in an Internet World by Nicholas Black

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Dave Ripper – bio
Paul Borthwick – website
The Fellowship of the Suffering: How Hardship Shapes Us for Ministry and Mission
Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA
End of the Spear

Books Mentioned during the podcast or Recommended:
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The Fellowship of the Suffering: How Hardship Shapes Us for Ministry and Mission by Paul Borthwick and Dave Ripper
Creative Suffering by Paul Tournier
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language by Eugene H. Peterson
Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller
The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life by Ann Voskamp
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work by Eugene H. Peterson
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sittser

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Travis Deans – bio
Teens for Christ
National Network of Youth Ministries
Register with the National Network of Youth Ministries
Search for a network in your area
Geneva College
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation Camps
From Competing to Completing – article by Travis Deans in NNYM magazine
Pittsburgh Youth Worker’s Conference
The Seven Project
CPYU Seminars
See You At The Pole
See You At The Pole – Ignition

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Better Together: Discovering the Dynamic Results of Cooperation by Paul Fleischmann

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Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia
Paul Tripp
The Faith Playbook
Christians Who Happen To Play Pro Football… The Faith Playbook (Walt’s blog post)
CCEF – Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation
CCEF resources related to Eating Disorders
CCEF resources related to Body Image
CCEF Minibooks
Julie Lowe – bio
Jean Kilbourne website
Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women by Jean Kilbourne
The dangerous ways ads see women – Tedx Talk by Jean Kilbourne

Statistics and Research on Eating Disorders:
National Eating Disorders Association
Eating Disorder Hope
National Eating Disorders Collaboration (Australia)
What Is Disordered Eating? – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
National Institute of Mental Health – Eating Disorders Overview
National Institute of Mental Health – Eating Disorders Statistics
Mirror-Mirror

Podcast episodes mentioned:
EPISODE 29: “PRAYER, GOD’S STORY, AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO YOURSELF” WITH SCOTTY SMITH
EPISODE 49: “IDENTITY IN CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF SNAPS AND SELFIES” WITH KRISTEN HATTON

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Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World by Kristen Hatton
When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward T. Welch
What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?: Answers to the Big Questions of Life by Edward T. Welch

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CCEF – Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation
Julie Lowe’s blog post regarding Season 1
Julie Lowe’s blog post regarding Season 2
See The Signs
TableTopics

Related Podcasts:
EPISODE 36: “’13 REASONS WHY’: A DISCUSSION” WITH AMY FLAVIN AND KARA TWINING
EPISODE 05: “WHEN CRISIS HITS” WITH RICH VAN PELT
EPISODE 12: “SUFFERING, TRAUMA AND ABUSE” WITH DR. DIANE LANGBERG
EPISODE 08: “THE DIGITAL PLAYGROUND AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY” WITH AMY FLAVIN
EPISODE 17: “LEARNING FROM EDUCATORS” WITH KARA TWINING AND BARRY FERGUSON
EPISODE 53: “SUICIDE INTERVENTION” WITH DR. MARV PENNER
EPISODE 44: “BULLYING” WITH JULIE LOWE

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Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors by Karen Mason
A Parent’s Guide to Helping Teenagers In Crisis by Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock
The Youth Worker’s Guide to Helping Teenagers In Crisis by Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock
Help! My Kids Are Hurting by Marv Penner
When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression by Richard Winter
Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations Into the Family of Faith edited by Chap Clark
What Do You Think of Me? Why Do You Care?: Answers to the Big Questions of Life by Edward T. Welch
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jaan Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan

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Duffy Robbins
Marv Penner
Eastern University
Grove City College
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation
Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO)
The Coalition for Youth Ministry Excellence
‘Come Sunday,’ ‘The Heretic,’ and the Sad Stories of ‘Rebel’ Pastors by Brett McCracken for The Gospel Coalition
The Evangelical Bishop Who Stopped Believing In Hell, Now On Netflix from NPR
Redefining Relevance by Marv Penner (from 2009)

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Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide by Brett McCracken
Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith
Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations into the Family of Faith edited by Chap Clark
Christianity In Culture: A Study in Biblical Theologizing in Cross-Cultural Perspective by Charles H. Kraft
Issues in Contextualization by Charles H. Kraft
Speaking to Teenagers: How to Think About, Create, and Deliver Effective Messages by Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins
Engaging God’s World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living by Cornelius Plantinga
Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture: Bridging Teen Worldviews and Christian Truth by Walt Mueller
Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert. M. Wolters
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Atonement, Law, and Justice: The Cross in Historical and Cultural Contexts by Adonis Vidu

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Steve Stockman – blog
Steve Stockman – on Twitter @Stoxo
Fitzroy Presbyterian Church
The U2 Conference: Exploring the Music, Work and Influence of U2
Titanic Museum in Belfast
Ulster Museum
Over the Rhine, OHIO album
CPYU’s 3(D) Guide and Media Discernment Resources
Just Add Parents: Ready-To-Use Parent Meeting
Hurling – The Fastest Game on Grass

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Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 by Steve Stockman
Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year by Steve Turner
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Testimony: A Memoir by Robbie Robertson
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello
Trouble Songs: Music and Conflict in Northern Ireland by Stuart Bailie
Soul Mining: A Musical Life by Daniel Lanois
Popcultured: Thinking Christianly About Style, Media and Entertainment by Steve Turner

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Preston Sprinkle – website
Preston Sprinkle – books
Theology in the Raw – Preston Sprinkle’s Podcast
The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender
Grace/Truth from the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender
Pastoral Papers from the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender
The Gay Conversation – A Podcast Series from Q
The Marin Foundation – National Scientific Research

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People To Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just An Issue by Preston Sprinkle
Living In A Gray World: A Christian Teen’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality by Preston Sprinkle
Understanding Sexual Identity: A Resource for Youth Ministry by Mark A. Yarhouse

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Rooted Ministry
Rooted Conference
Rooted Ministry – Board of Advisors
Cathedral Church of the Advent – Youth Ministry
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Roots Ministry – Youth Ministry at Church Everyday
National Study of Youth & Religion
Sticky Faith
The Gospel Coalition
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – Ministry to Emerging Generations Doctor of Ministry Track
CPYU Parent Page
Just Add Parents

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Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole
Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World by Kristen Hatton
From Here to Maturity: Overcoming the Juvenilization of American Christianity by Thomas E. Bergler
The New City Catechism
Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way by J.I. Packer and Gary A. Parrett
Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide edited by Cameron Cole and Jon Nielson
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 by Gerhard O. Forde
Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture: Bridging Teen Worldviews and Christian Truth by Walt Mueller
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard
Adoptive Youth Ministry edited by Chap Clark
The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can’t Get Their Act Together by Jared C. Wilson
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith
Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith

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Christian Camp and Conference Association
CCCA – Discover Camp
Rob Ribbe
HoneyRock, the Outdoor Center for Leadership Development of Wheaton College
Vanguard Gap Year
Greg Anderson
Inspiration Point
IPoint Equips training seminars
CheckPoint – Gap Year Program
Andy Needham
Camp Berea
The Surprising thing Google learned about its employees – and what it means for today’s students
The Power of Camp
CPYU’s College Transition Initiative
God in the Gap Year: The Benefits of Taking Time Off Before Going to Colleges
The Summer Camp Experience and Faith Formation of Emerging Adults by Jacob Sorenson, The Journal of Youth Ministry, Volume 13. No. 1, Fall 2014
How the simple act of nature helps you de-stress

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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith

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Marv Penner
Sid Koop on Twitter, bio
Sarah Stanley on Twitter
Canadian Youth Workers Conferences
The Coalition For Youth Ministry Excellence
Truth Matters
NextGen Ministries
National Network of Youth Ministries
Talking to Americans (Canadian TV Show)

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God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs by Timothy Keller
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp

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Jessica Greaser – Calvary Church Souderton – Calvary Students Page
Unveiled 2018
Jodi Chung – West Houston Chinese Church – Youth Page
Fifty Shades Freed… A Plea To Christian Parents and Youth Workers…
Project Six19
Sexual Integrity Initiative
A Parents’ Primer on Internet Pornography
HarvestUSA
Fight The New Drug
8 Things the “Fifty Shades” Trilogy Teaches About Sex and Relationships
XXXChurch
Four Things That Stood Out to Me from the Movie Fifty Shades Freed

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Closing the Window: Steps to Living Porn Free by Tim Chester
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life by Dennis Hollinger
Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age by Jonathan Grant
Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age by Ben Stuart

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Suicide Rates For Teen Boys and Girls Are Climbing
QuickStats: Suicide Rates for Teens Aged 15-19 Years, by Sex – United States, 1975-2015
Suicides in Teen Girls Hit 40-Year High

CPYU Trend Alert: Teen Suicide
Suicide Assessment – SLAP Method
Tackling the Tough Stuff Seminars
Hope and Healing for Broken Kids Seminars

The Coalition for Youth Ministry Excellence

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iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – And Completely Unprepared for Adulthood – And What That Means for the Rest of Us by Jean Twenge
Help! My Kids Are Hurting: A Surivival Guide to Working with Students In Pain by Marv Penner
Hope and Healing for Kids Who Cut: Learning to Understand and Help Those Who Self-Injure by Marv Penner
The Youth Worker’s Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis by Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock
The Parent’s Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis by Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock
Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors by Karen Mason
Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by Chap Clark

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