Transgender NCAA Champ. . . And The Soul Of Our Culture. . .
Last weekend, CeCe Telfer was photographed hoisting an NCAA Championship Trophy high in the air. Telfer’s smile is appropriate for such a victory, and one that I would imagine sharing if I had ever garnered a victory of that magnitude.…
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Inside The Teenage Brain. . . A Helpful Infographic. . .
Everything I’ve learned about the developing teenage brain has been quite liberating for me. It’s been liberating as a journey in self-discovery. You see, if the brain is not fully wired-up until about the age of 25, then that offers…
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The Mystery Of Marriage. . .
Celebrating almost four decades of the mystery of marriage today. . . and I read this in David Brooks’ new book “The Second Mountain”: “An old guy is talking to his daughter about his love for his late wife. He…
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Why Youth Workers Must Be Hitched To The Old Testament. . .
In a perfect world, the church would be engaging, confronting, and transforming culture as a path to see what we pray in the Lord’s Prayer (“Thy Kingdom come. . . “) become a greater and greater reality on our broken…
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Youth Ministry & Technology. . . Help or Hindrance? . . .
This morning I found some notes I had taken a few years ago on John Dyer’s book, From The Garden To The City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology. I had heard John speak at a forum on faith and…
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The Perfect Storm Converging On Social Media This Week. . .
As a three-decade-long culture watcher/listener who can’t help but ruminate on what’s happening this week on the landscape of social media interactions among those who call themselves “Christian”. . . I’ve been trying to sort it all out. I don’t…
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Christians and Social Media This Week. . . The Wisdom Of Silence. . .
And so our differences this week are blazing all over social media. The fire of theological differences has been burning on social media for quite some time. Events of the last few days and how folks are responding. . .…
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On Our Knees For The Media. . .
If you’re sick of it all, I don’t blame you. There’s so doggone much of it out there vying for our time, attention, and dollars that it’s absolutely overwhelming. It lulls us into a perpetual stupor. And, who knows what…
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What The Heck Is Easter? . . . And Pushing Back On Biblical Illiteracy. . .
The fallout from our culture’s growing reality of biblical illiteracy hit me hard when the day after Easter my daughter-in-law, an athletic trainer at a large suburban high school, shared with me a conversation she witnessed between a group of…
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An Open Letter On The Topic Of Homosexuality and Youth. . .
Avera Maria Santo is same-sex attracted. And, she’s a devout Catholic who desires to embrace and consistently live out her faith in all areas of life. As a blogger, she’s been vulnerable, inviting others into her very real struggles. As…
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30 Years. . . And The Need To Remember. . .
Several hundred of our friends and family gathered together in Lancaster, PA last Friday night to celebrate 30 years of CPYU. And, as with everything we do here at CPYU, it was a strange mix of talking about somber cultural…
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“After”. . . Is This “Fifty Shades” For Teens? . . . .
There’s a new movie hitting the theaters this Friday. It’s titled After. On the one hand, the film is reflective of current sexual attitudes, mores, and behaviors. On the other hand, it’s a film that will teach, promote, and affirm those…
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