Justin Bieber’s Loneliness. . . Is Our Teachable Ministry Moment. . .
I‘ve watched it several times. . . and every time it feels a bit like getting punched in the gut. It’s short, minimalist, direct. . . and it hits hard. Since being released last Friday, the video for Justin Bieber’s…
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Vocation and Calling
Parents, what will your children be choosing as a career when they grow up? I remember wondering that about each of my four kids from the moment they were born. You have probably done the same. A new survey found…
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Has Quarantine Helped The Kids?
We weren’t too far into the Covid-19 panic when glimmers of great hope began to appear in my neighborhood. Kids were riding their bikes up and down the street. Families were taking walks together at all times of the day.…
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Social Media Rules 3
All this week I’m sharing some basic rules that can help us facilitate the God-glorifying use of social media in our own lives and in the lives of our kids. Today’s rule is a response to the growing trend of…
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Social Media Rules 1
When I ask parents to name the youth culture trend that concerns them most, nine times out of ten they tell me that the unfolding world of technology makes their heads spin. That’s not surprising considering the fact that none…
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Device Distraction and Parents
While we should all be concerned about the amount of time our teens are distracted by their smart-phones, a heavy dose of parental self-examination is warranted as well. Recent data from Pew research reveals that parents are now realizing that…
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Social Media and Insecurity
In a day and age when we are rightly concerned about nurturing our children and teens into using God’s good gift of technology in ways that glorify God rather than self, we need to engage in some healthy parental self-evaluation.…
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Social Media Poison
I recently read an informative op-ed piece by Stella O’Malley, a therapist who works with families. O’Malley titled her piece, “The Children I Meet Are Often Shattered By Their Social Media Use.” The headline caught my eye as I am…
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Kids, Families, and Pandemic Spiritual Needs. . . A Free Livestream Tomorrow! . . .
Early on during the pandemic shutdown I was invited in to several dozen Zoom calls with groups of youth workers and parents. While the invites asked me to speak about youth culture trends and kids during the pandemic, I worked…
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Post-Pandemic Youth Ministry: Adjustments To Get It Right. . .
So. . . we are and should be thinking/talking/planning about the adjustments we will make in our youth ministry strategies once this pandemic passes and we all get back to normal. I hope that our lives and our ministries will…
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