Teens, Sex, and Early Marriage. . .
There’s an article in the latest edition of Christianity Today magazine that I’m sure is already getting some attention and buzz. “The Case for Early Marriage,” by Mark Regnerus, is one of the most thought-provoking assessments of our current abstinence…
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Remembering John Hughes. . .
The pictures on the walls here at CPYU serve us as visual reminders of why we do what we do. Among them are a bunch of movie posters. If you would visit our office and stand in the main common…
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One Copy of Seventeen Magazine, Please. . . .
I’ve learned that there’s absolutely no way a grown man can purchase a copy of Seventeen Magazine at our local Barnes and Noble without looking like some kind of pervert. I’ve learned that lesson numerous times over during the course…
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Just Plain Stupid. . . .
Eighteen years ago this month, we moved to our current home and community. Where we live now is an hour-and-a-half and what I erroneously thought was culturally light years away from our last home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. When…
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How Do I Look? . . .
I didn’t make it to my 35th high school reunion a couple of weeks ago. In fact, I haven’t been to any of the reunions held over the course of the last three-and-a-half decades. I either lived too far away…
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Birthday Boredom. . . .
When I was a little guy there was an aspect of my Dad’s life that I found incredibly troubling. . . . so troubling in fact that I wondered what was wrong with him. It had to do with his…
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Open My Eyes Lord. . . .
God gave me a great gift last week. . . a gift that forced open my eyes a little bit more. I’m hoping that this is just one step in the long process of getting them opened as wide as…
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Sexual Healing. . . .
Thinking this week about the 35-year high school reunion I’m going to miss tomorrow has sparked lots of thoughts about how the world has changed over the course of that time. The human heart and “all things” that were once…
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What Has Life Done To Us? . . . .
Thirty-five years. That’s how long it’s been since I graduated from Upper Dublin High School. I remember back then how older people would say that time flies. That certainly wasn’t my experience. Now, I hear myself telling younger folks the…
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Garbage. . .
We didn’t know we had a mess until it was moving day. Actually, we knew full well that we had a mess. . . we just kept ignoring it until moving day. It was the year before I was married…
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Should I Retire? . . . .
Did you happen to catch the cover of yesterday’s Parade Magazine? It was right there in my Sunday paper yesterday morning where it always is, buried in the weekly stuffing made up of colorful sale flyers advertising all kinds of…
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Almost 20! . . .
For this blog entry, I’d like to step out of the normal routine of talking about culture, faith, and life, to talking about CPYU. Tuesday of this week will be a day to look back and say “thank you.” Wednesday…
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