This is a great book. It is full of helpful hints for any youth worker or youth pastor. I loved reading this book because it was so helpful in giving ideas and helpful stragedies to work with teenagers in different settings. I would stronlgy recommend this book to anyone who was thinking about working with youth. Also, this book contains helpful information if you wanted to start a youth ministry of your own.

I'm happy to say that I've never been disappointed with anything I've read by Wayne Rice, and he's keeping his record with me intact here. Lots of good ideas. Of course, not everything works for every group, the large group games I'm sure are good, but I'll have to wait till camp this summer to try them out. Overall, another great resource for youth leaders.

Sorry to say, its not worth the money. Some very old illustrations. I would be ashamed to charge this amount of money for such little substance.

I've used this over and over in my Youth class. There's something for every lesson you can come up with, and more.

Wayne Rice offers several great illustrations to help you explain Biblical truths. The illustrations in this volume are practical and can be used with youth or adults. I have used several of the illustrations in my own sermons to both groups and the response is great! The book will help you to find application and meaning to drive home the points of your sermons.

At first glance it seems to be somewhat daunting choosing which game to select for a given occasion. However, this book has proved to be an invaluable resource in creating hours of fun, laughter and overcoming those quiet moments in which a group is still in the "getting to know" stages. I would recommned it to teachers, youth pastors or anyone who deals with large groups of people with whom rapport is crucial.

As an activity director for a camping and cottage resort, I found this book to feature one crowd pleaser after another. Not only are the activities enticing, the format (activities grouped for large and small groups as well as indoor and outdoor play) is particuarly user-friendly. A great buy and a great sequel to Play It!

First they plagerize the "101" theme of my bestselling series (LIFE 101, LOVE 101, WEALTH 101), then they call "reality" the fantasy of the Bible. The poor, misled teens who are unfortunate enough to read this book looking for what's real will learn nothing about reality and a great deal about the anti-life, anti-nature, anti-pleasure, anti-love, pro-hate, pro-repression, pro-judgemental dictates of modern "Christianity." I put "Christianity" in quotes because modern "Christianity" has nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus. With "The kingdom of heaven is within you" and "Our Father, who art in heaven," Jesus gives the precise location of God--within each one of us, not, as the "Christians" teach, some external being keeping track of every maturbatory act that will send the "sinner" to hell for all eternity. If titles could be copyrighted, I would sue. As they cannot, I can only say here that, to whatever degree these people plan to trade on the success of the LIFE 101 Series, I denounce this books utterly. That it is called "Reality 101" is false advertising. That this book is aimed at children is child abuse. The authors have no qualm about either stealing titles or misleading the young. For shame.

Peter McWilliams (www.mcwilliams.com)

First of all, I was incredibly disappointed with the other review that I read about this book. Whoever wrote that obviously knows nothing about Truth and what the Christian life is. Before he slams a book like this, he better understand what he is saying and reading first. (Secondly, the title is not in anyway illegal or plagerized--these are publishers, I think that they have a little more knowledge about publishing than that reviewer does). As for the book, I think it was terrific. So many youth grow up in this "Hollywood" world, knowing little about real life and what their faith is all about. In a fun and easy way that teenagers can understand and relate to, these authors have managed to give some helpful insight and guidance to these kids. It is a very enjoyable book and I recommend it for any teenager and as a terrific gift that parents can give to their children as well.