Friday Fodder. . . Storm Warnings. . .
Hurricane Florence has me thinking about something an old friend told me over 30 years ago. I was living in Miami and the Director of the National Hurricane Center became a friend. When a storm was on it’s way or…
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Teens and Social Media. . . A Helpful Infographic. . .
Our friends over at Common Sense Media have released a new report on teens and social media: “Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experience.” It’s worth checking out. Take a look at the infographic below, and be sure to…
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Friday Fodder: Kids, Work, and Some Grocery Store Theology. . .
“Everybody’s working for the weekend. . . !” At least that’s what the band Loverboy had us singing way back in 1981. The sentiment captured a philosophy of life that existed long before the band sang it out, and it…
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Parents, A New School Year, Extra-Curricular Busyness, and Prioritizing Faith. . .
This week, we released the September edition of our CPYU Monthly Parent Page. . . a subscription-based resource that hundreds of youth workers and churches provide to their parents as a tool to equip them to parent better by understanding…
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Youth Ministry and Winging It. . . .
A youth worker posted this yesterday in a youth min group we are both part of on Facebook. . . “Visited a church while out of town this weekend. The Pastor expressed how glad he was that the Holy Spirit…
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Friday Fodder. . . Truth Or No Truth? What Are You Teaching? . . .
The contrast I encountered this morning was overwhelming and discouraging. On the one hand, I read today’s entry in J.I. Packer’s daily devotional Knowing God Through The Year. Then, shortly thereafter, I logged on to Facebook and a post from a…
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Willow Creek. . . Be Soberly Reminded. . .
There are lessons to be learned here. This is not a time to simply shake our heads in disapproval. Disapproval is certainly warranted and necessary. But disapproval must be cloaked in a healthy and realistic understanding that, yes, there but…
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Friday Fodder. . . An Old Word To The Young. . .
Someone once wisely told me that “leaders are readers and readers are leaders.” I believe it. The wisest and most effective leaders I know are women and men who read regularly, passionately, and widely. In this age filled with technological…
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Pornography And Kids. . .
One of the most difficult and humbling things I get to do is talk to kids about the cultural scourge of pornography. That’s what I’ll be doing tomorrow morning with a group of 300 kids at a camp in Massachusetts.…
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Friday Fodder. . . I Love You Enough To Tell You The Truth. . .
One of the most difficult aspects of life in the Body of Christ. . . yet one of the most necessary for our flourishing. . . is loving confrontation. We all need it. When I am derailed or on a…
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Friday Fodder. . . Something To Think About. . .
My head tends to be a jumble of stuff. It’s a changing mixture that combines things I’ve read, seen, and heard in a mix that I continually pray prompts thinking, being, and ministering in ways that bring glory to God…
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Mike Trout, Youth Ministry, And The Marketing Of Self. . . .
Televised sports found its way onto my agenda last night, with me engaging in a flip-fest between the MLB All-Star Game, the Tour De France, and Cornhole (yes. . . Cornhole! . . . televised now as a sport on…
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