Moms and Body Image Pressure. . .
If you’re raising or working with girls, you know that body image pressure is epidemic in our culture. Sadly, it’s resulted in a situation where disordered eating and an unhealthy obsession with appearance is spreading like a cancer through our…
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Moms. . . You’ll Love This Video. . .
I couldn’t let the day pass without posting this wonderful little video that I stumbled on this afternoon. It’s all about perspective. The good news – as we’ve always trumpeted here at CPYU – is that relationship is so important…
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Halloween, Death, and That Encouraging and Hopeful Cloud. . . .
For two hours tonight our street will be crawling with hundreds of zombies, ghosts, and perhaps a few skeletons. There will be other reminders of the realities of spiritual brokenness, death, and decay walking the streets as well. Sadly, some…
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New Infographic on Kids 8 and Under and Media Use. . .
A helpful infographic from our friends over at Common Sense Media. . .
Sounding A Warning On Kids And Screen Time. . . .
There were four of us at our table, and four at the table next to us. It was a beautiful waterfront restaurant that was the perfect setting for good conversation. . . and we had it! But the young family…
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My Hopes, Homosexuality, and God’s Word. . . .
This morning I ran across and posted this thought-provoking quote from J.I. Packer: “Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms. . . . Confusion here is…
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Stained With God. . . .
I’ve been revisiting the past a bit with a CD I picked up in San Diego at the National Youthworkers Convention a couple of weeks ago. It’s the greatest hits album from DC Talk. I was listening on Saturday while…
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Youth Culture in the Comics. . . Another Good One. . .
Earlier this week I blogged on using comics in your ministry . . . as windows into the realities of today’s youth culture and as thought-provoking discussion starters for kids and and their parents. Today, I simply want to pass…
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The Sad Suicide of Rebecca Sedwick: Sticks, Stones, and Words Do Hurt. . . .
Bully and bullied. . . it hurts me to think that both of those words are accurate descriptors of my young self. I have memories of the former that still sting, especially when I see or hear of a kid…
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Using Comics In Your Ministry. . . .
Over the years I’ve been building some files that I dig into from time to time as a ministry resource. The files are filled with comic strips from our daily newspaper. I’ve found that comics have a way of lowering…
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If I Was Always Happy, I Wouldn’t Need Jesus. . . .
Here’s a little secret that I haven’t told many people. . . it involves a conversation with a counselor several years ago. At the time, I was dealing with some burn-out issues and what was labeled as “borderline depression.” It…
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Urban Outfitters, The Shirt, and Ideas That Matter. . .
The retailer known as Urban Outfitters doesn’t have a store near our home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but they’ve been in the news lately as they are getting ready to build a brand new and very large distribution center in nearby…
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