Picks of the Week
Every week we each pick a book, web site or product that we think might be interesting or useful to other youth workers. Below you’ll find a running list of all of our past picks.
A
B
C
- “Cadences of Home: Preaching Among Exiles” by Walter Brueggemann
- Caffeine
- Calling Post
- “The Case for Faith” by Lee Strobel
- ChadSwanzy.com
- Church Marketing Lab
- Clips App
- Compassion Corner
- Compassion Sunday
- Community Bible Experience
- CPYU Parent Page
D
- “Deep Justice in a Broken World” by Chap Clark and Kara Powell
- Deep Justice Journeys
- Deo Volente Industries
- Drops Like Stars
E
F
- “Fall to Grace” by Jay Bakker
- fashionABLE
- File2HD
- Flannel
- Font Squirrel
- “Forgotten God” by Francis Chan
- FQWorship
- Fuller Youth Institute
- “The Furious Longing of God” by Brennan Manning
G
H
- “Hell House”
- “Help! I’m a Junior High Youth Worker!” by Mark Oestreicher
- “The Hodges Harbrace Handbook”
- HootSuite
- Hope International
- “Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers” by Chap Clark
I
J
- J. Staton Designs
- “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
- Jonny Baker
- Joshua Project
- Judgement House
- Just Give Me Jesus
- The Justice Mission
K
L
- “Lars and the Real Girl”
- Lectionary App
- “Let My People Go Surfing” by Yvon Chouinard
- “Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World” by Henri Nouwen
- Lockey
- “Love is an Orientation” by Andrew Marin
M
- MailChimp
- “Making College Count”
- Matt Wright: Kickstart My Heart
- “The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions” by Marcus J. Borg and N.T. Wright
- Meditation Timer
- “Messy Faith” by A.J. Gregory
- Ministry Threads
- Ministry Questions
- Moby Gratis
- Modern Parables
- Mocha Club
N
O
P
- Pastor Hacks
- Planning Center Online
- Pray-As-You-Go
- Praying for Change
- “Presence-Centered Youth Ministry” by Mike King
- “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs”
- “Presentation Zen” by Garr Reynolds
- “Primal Teen” by Barbara Strauch
- Princeton Theological Seminary: IYM
- ProPresenter 5
R
- “The Ragamuffin Gospel” by Brennan Manning
- Rdio
- re:form
- Sarah Arthur: Re-imagining Confirmation
- Red Ferris Wheel
- Relevant Magazine
- “Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry” by Andrew Root
- RemindMe
- Robot Science
- Rockmelt
- Roswell Community Church Lent Calendar
S
- Sacred Gateway
- “Sacred Pathways” by Gary Thomas
- SendOutCards
- “Shaped by the Story” by Michael Novelli
- ShutEyes.org
- Skimmer
- Skype
- “Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life”
- Smashing Magazine
- “Soul School” by Jeanne Stevens
- The Source 4 YM
- “Speaking to Teenagers” by Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins
- Spiritual Directors International
- Steps of Justice
- Stickers and More
- StickyFaith.org
- “Sticky Faith” by Larry Osborne
- Stuff White People Like
- Suubi Africa
T
- Table Project
- TED
- “The Return of the Prodigal Son” by Henri Nouwen”
- The Story
- This I Believe
- TOMS Shoes
- TOMS Shoes Internship
- “Touch: Pressing Against the Wounds of a Broken World” by Rudy Rasmus
- Tough Topics
- Typekit
U
V
W
- “Wonderfully Made” by Blue Ridge Community Church
- Wordle
- Worship House Media’s 12 Days of Christmas
- Wufoo
Y
- Youth Leaders Stash
- “Youth Ministry 3.0″ by Mark Oestreicher
- “Youth Ministry on a Shoestring” by Lars Rood
- YouthSpecialties.com
- Youth Work
- Youtube You Can Use
- YPulse