Black Friday, Cyber Monday, And The Diversions That Never Work. . . .
So people went crazy once again on Black Friday. Have you seen the videos of the lines wrapping around stores. . . not on Friday, but on Thanksgiving night?!? Did you see how people pushed, shoved, and rushed once retailers’…
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Some Thoughts On Integrity. . . .
I was looking at the paint on our bedroom walls the other day. I painted them four years ago. The job took much longer than I had hoped or expected (doesn’t it always?!?). Even though I’m a perfectionist when it…
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Your Kids Have Seen Pornography. . . . So What??? . . .
It seems like a day doesn’t go by without the news featuring some kind of story related to the dark side of the Internet and social media. This week, it’s the unfolding saga of government officials and socialites. That’s the…
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More Visual Evidence of Cultural Change. . . .
This is one of those infographics that I look at and just gets me shaking my head. Yep, the world is changing and changing fast. What are the benefits? What are the unseen and unexpected liabilities?
Petraeus, Apple, Call of Duty, and School Photos. . . .
You know the drill here at CPYU. . . John Stott’s “dual listening” to both the Word and the world. . . Karl Barth’s starting the day “with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other hand.”…
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Something New From CPYU! . . . .
I was clicking through our CPYU website this morning when I was reminded of how much I love what Derek Melleby is doing through his leadership over our College Transition Initiative. The CTI has been up and running for a…
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Election Day. . . Will You Be Happy or Sad Tonight? . . .
It’s a good possibility that half of our country’s residents will go to bed sad, frustrated, angry, and maybe even a bit hopeless tonight. If your guy doesn’t win what will you be thinking and feeling? I don’t in any…
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Sports Parents. . . Kill The Coach and Scare The Kids. . . .
One of my most unnerving childhood memories has to do with Little League Baseball. I remember exactly where it took place and who was involved. . . .Alverthorpe Park. . . on the Triple-A field. My dad was our team’s coach.…
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Facebook Infographic. . . .
Here’s a great new infographic on Facebook from the folks at Mashable Infographics. . . .
Responding to Youth Culture Trends. . . Lessons From Sandy, Part 3. . . .
The perfect storm of youth culture trends I blogged about yesterday is here. We need to deal with it. So what now? A theologian once said that every Christian should start their day with the Bible in one hand and newspaper…
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Major Youth Culture Trends You Need To Know. . . Lessons From Sandy, Part 2. . .
If youth culture is the soup our kids swim in everyday, what are some of the ingredients that serve to shape the values, attitudes, and behaviors of our kids that warrant our response? If you were to stir up today’s…
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As Cultures Clash. . . . Lessons From Sandy, Part 1. . .
While we’ve fared fairly well here in Central Pennsylvania, the fury that history will remember as “Hurricane Sandy” did a real number on the East Coast. . . particularly along the shoreline. Our beloved “Jersey Shore” got hammered. The photos…
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