What George Clooney’s Wedding Says About Us. . .
While watching last night’s evening news, I was struck by the continued, over-the-top coverage of actor George Clooney’s wedding in Venice. The fact that I even know that a) George Clooney got married, and b) that George Clooney got married…
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Hitler’s Marketing. . . And Teaching Kids To Think. . .
When we teach our kids to think. . . and specifically to think critically and Christianly. . . it’s an awesome thing. It’s the right thing. It doesn’t happen enough. Over the course of the last twenty years I’ve had…
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Going Wrong. . . Going Right. . .
It seems like we can’t turn on any type of speaker or screen without seeing and/or hearing more discouraging news about young men employed in the NFL. In typical contemporary fashion, the talking heads ponder what did happen, what didn’t…
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Last Week In The NFL. . . Conduct and Character. . . .
There’s no need for me to retell the story that saturated the media and our attention last week. Just mention the name “Ray Rice” and most every one knows who and what you’re talking about. While the NFL has been…
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Youth Workers. . . An Ad You Can Use. . .
Yes, the sheer volume of youth culture makes my head spin. So much stuff. . . so little time. As we’ve expanded and grown here at CPYU, I’ve benefited from knowing youth workers who discover and feed me stuff that…
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Pumping Up. . . Teens and HGH. . .
Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez was suspended for an entire year for using them. Cyclist Lance Armstrong had to forfeit seven Tour de France titles for the same reason. And now, countless kids are following suit and dancing with danger by…
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Wearing Our Kids Like Suits. . . .
High school football season starts tonight here in our area. I’m guessing that the yelling coming from the parent section will just a little bit louder than it was last year. Why’s that? Because the virus of vicarious living has…
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To All Kids Starting School. . .
School starts today in our town. Here’s some good stuff that popped up in my Facebook news feed the other day. It’s from my friend Nate Stratman, the Pastor of Family Ministries at First Pres. in Colorado Springs. It’s great…
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Why I Communicate With The Dead. . .
No. . . I haven’t gone all “Long Island Medium” on you. That kind of stuff is just flat out nuts, dangerous, and off the charts wrong. What I am saying is that I’ve learned that there are a host…
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Parents, Kids, and Sports Pressure. . . .
Are you caught up in Little League World Series mania yet? I’ve tracked the annual event since I was a wide-eyed Little League dreamer myself, playing in the East Abington Little League outside of Philly. There was never any post-season…
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Media. . . Body Image Map and Mirror for Our Kids. . .
If you ever sat through any of our CPYU training on the power of media, marketing, and music, you know that we refer to culture as both a “map” and a “mirror.” Another way we say it is that culture…
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“I Missed It”. . . A Tragic Parental Lament. . .
When I was the father of young children. . . several years ago but not really that long ago. . . I heard my friend Ken Davis say something that hit me like a brick and has stuck with me…
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