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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Lessons on Pornography. . .
Last week Lisa and I traveled to the beautiful Berkshire hills in Western Massachusetts. We made a short getaway together out of an invitation to have a heart-to-heart conversation about the dangers and brokenness of pornography with a group of…
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Running On Empty. . . The More You Have The More You Want. . .
The other day I discovered a large bank of full bookshelves at the back corner of an indoor flea market. They were a running a special. . . ten books for ten bucks! Dangerous for me. I walked out with…
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Thoughts On Dungy. . .
What in the world is happening with Tony Dungy?!? That’s what I wondered when I logged on to my smart phone to check the news the other day. I’m on vacation. . . a vacation that includes no television (it’s…
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Le Tour. . . Le Youth Ministry. . . and Le Life.
Things aren’t the way they’re supposed to be. Life hurts. Our best laid plans rarely come to fruition. These are realities that I was thinking about last night as Lisa and I shared a wonderfully encouraging evening with a long-time…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 3. . . .
Over the course of the last eighteen months and my focused reading on the same-sex issues that have been at the forefront in our culture and the church, my prayer has been that God’s Spirit would guide me into a…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 2. . . .
Yesterday I posted a list of three books that I’ve recently read that have been most helpful in framing a Biblical response to the issue of same-sex attraction. . . a topic that’s led to much debate of late in…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 1. . . .
A few months ago a youth ministry friend asked me to blog on what I’ve been reading in response to my desire to sort out the same-sex issues that have been so prominent in culture in recent months. “I need a…
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From a Mom to Her Boys. . . Powerful. . . .
Thanks to social media, this little letter from blogger Renee Robinson to her boys went viral. It’s powerful. . . and awesome. . . and spot on. Yes, she’s writing about screens and electronics. But this letter should force us…
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