May/June 2005 issue


Features

Laugh Break
Cartoons by John McPherson and Dik Lapine

Survivor, Couch Nights, Skateboarding, and Other Fun Youth Group Events
By Jess Dyck
I’ve collected what I hope prove to be a pile of uncommon, but aws-cool youth events and hope you all have fun experimenting with them.

Drowned Ducks and Spirituality
By Julie Ellison White and Carol Duerksen
Just like ducks depend on a unique oil that allows them to be “in” but not “of” the water, we too need to cover ourselves with a grooming oil in order to be “in” yet not “of” the world.

Doesn’t Mean Diddley
Fiction by Beth Ruediger
My brother’s goofiness may have cost me the perfect summer job. It was stupid to have him along on this hike. We would never beat the darkness now, and that was his fault too.

My High
By Carol Duerksen
I’m hooked. I’m a believer. For me, it’s the most powerful way I know to take a break and experience re-creation.

Departments

With-Devotion

takefive@laurie.com
By Laurie L. Oswald
M&M Madness Melts into Mirth

Movie Review
By Greg Hatcher
Our Readers' Picks

’Toons
By Aaron J. Ratzlaff

With-YOUth
By Leslie Homer-Cattell
Reality Shows, Competitive Sports, and More

With the Word
By Leola Floren Gee
Knock, Knock: Play Is No Joking Matter

With-Chat
By Greg Hatcher