Priority #1 – She Must Be Hot! . . . .
There it is! That’s the Zits comic I saw in Monday’s paper. Zits is my favorite comic strip. It follows the adventures of a teenager named Jeremy as he finds his way through the maze of adolescence in contemporary youth…
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Is Jonah Telling the Truth? . . . .
Over the course of the last couple of days, the video I’ve embedded below has been spread far and wide courtesy of YouTube. I watched it a few times yesterday. Yep. . . it’s been there for awhile. I know…
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Smells Like Christmas. . . Or It Should! . . .
We’re late. . . again. Still don’t have a tree. No lights up outside. I haven’t even gotten them down from the attic yet. Maybe tonight. This all reminds me of something that happened a few years ago when we…
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Hey Central Pennsylvania Youth Workers! . . . Host A College Transition Seminar. . .
“A few summers ago I was roasting a marshmallow at a family picnic. Seated next to me was my wife’s younger cousin, David. David was about to head off to college, and at one point in our conversation he said,…
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Kids and Plastic Surgery. . . .
There she is. . . smiling at me from her perch on the magazine rack at Barnes & Noble. Everything about her looks absolutely perfect as she stares off the cover of the December 2011/January 2012 edition of Seventeen magazine.…
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Kids Who Cheat. . . And The Now and Future of Marriage. . .
I wonder if they really think they did anything wrong. And, if they think they did something wrong, what degree of wrong do they think they did? I’m talking about the 20 students from the New York suburbs who find…
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Discipline Gone Aright! . . .
Once every couple of years I leave church in tears. Today was one of those days. As our worship service began, our pastor informed the congregation that any visitors or friends would be excused as we stood to sing the…
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Praise and Thanksgiving. . . .
Something for today from my favorite little prayer book, The Valley of Vision. O my God, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be,…
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Faces Change. . . The Youth Worker and Pornography. . .
When living out your calling includes hour after hour spent standing at the front of a room, your intuitive ability to read the faces in the crowd sharpens. Are they with me? Are they bored? Am I connecting? Do I…
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A Desperate Sign of Our Crazy and Empty Times. . . .
You could call this news of the weird or just too crazy to be believable. Still, my newspaper says it’s true. . . and it got me thinking. It’s one more sign of the times and our complete obsession with…
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Shhhh. . . It’s a Secret. . . Don’t Tell Verna. . .
I’ve got a friend you need to meet. And if you’re in Atlanta at the National Youth Workers Convention tonight, you will. . . but you have to keep it quiet. Verna Kline is in her 80’s. She drove to…
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Thanksgiving, Drought, Famine. . . and Ibrahim. . .
Thanksgiving is one week away. I thought about that this morning. Sadly, the thought was sparked by knowing that there’s only a week to get any preparation finished. . . and there’s lots to do. Realizing I needed to re-focus…
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