We stumbled across this video the other day and were blown away. Who says teenagers can’t understand, study, and get excited about complex, abstract topics? Who says we’re only able to handle the latest celebrity gossip, pop song lyrics, and Internet memes? VIDEO: If you can’t watch the embedded YouTube video above, you can check out the video on Wimp.com by clicking here. If...
Project: Hope For Yuri
At the end of August, we posted a heart-wrenching plea from seventeen-year-old McKennaugh Kelley, asking, even begging for us to help two disabled Ukrainian orphans get adopted. You not only responded with compassion, you were moved to action, sharing the article around the Internet, pledging money towards adoptions expenses, and praying, praying, praying. Here’s an update from McKennaugh:...
Do Small Things Really Count?
Do small hard things really count? To answer this question, take out the word small. Do hard things really count? Of course! Remember, small doesn’t mean easy. We should still be stepping outside our comfort zones, going above and beyond expectations, and doing what is right, even if our actions don’t seem all that impressive to most people. Why? Because big or small, the hard things God calls us...
The 2013 Google Science Fair Award Winners
(Mirror) — Not many people can claim to have changed the world but for one lucky group of teenagers, they may well get that chance. The winners and finalists from the Google Science Fair 2013 were announced last night with young people from across the globe gaining plaudits for their futuristic sci-fi, medical and technology-based ideas. Youngsters aged 13-18 from more than 120 countries entered...
Malala Yousafzai’s Story: The Day I Was Shot By The Taliban
(Parade) — In a country that’s seen more than its share of violence, the fate of one teenager might not seem to count for much. But somehow Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan has managed to become an international inspiration. She was only 11 when she took on the Taliban, demanding that girls be given full access to school. Her campaign led to a blog for the BBC, a New York Times documentary, and a...
The End of Teenage Rebellion?
(BBC) — My son has just turned 13 and I made him a card to mark the moment he became a teenager. I put a picture of him as a choir-boy next to a Photoshopped shot of him as a saggy-trousered gangsta rapper – the innocent child mutating into a growling ball of rebellious fury. But a series of recent official statistics are making me question whether the old joke is true any more. Teenage...
Samantha and Savannah, Age 18: Raised $22,000 To Fight Hunger
(Tennessean) — Nearly a year ago, Savannah Blaylock and Samantha Laubacher left a youth retreat with a simple charge: “Find something you’re not OK with and do something about it.” Then high school juniors, Blaylock and Laubacher were inspired by Brad Montague, co-producer of the Kid President video series, who spoke at the retreat. He reminded them that while they were not yet adults, children...
I’m Ready to Get Started — On Something! What Do I Do Now?
When we think or talk about doing hard things, it’s easy to think only about the big stuff. If we assume being a rebelutionary means fighting slavery, digging wells in Africa, running a political campaign, or writing a book, then it is hard to know where to begin! But if our goal is to glorify God — to point other people to Him and show more of what He can do—then our first priority is to be...