Augustine. . . Dead Guy. . . His Thoughts On Social Media. . .
It’s just a bit more than a week until a few thousand of us gather in Tampa for the 50th National Youth Workers Convention. . . an event I’ve been blessed to be a part of for over three decades.…
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Roo. . . Planned Parenthood’s 24/7 Sex Educator For Kids. . .
It’s no secret that questions about sex, gender, and love cascade almost endlessly for kids as they launch into the confusing developmental phase of puberty. Along with having bodies that are now able by God’s design to engage in the…
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Episode 88: What Youth Culture Did On Summer Vacation
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: CPYU Car Crash Blogs and Photos: Lightning Has Struck Us Twice!……
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Pride and Self-Promotion. . . A Warning For Parents, Youth Workers And The Rest Of Us. . .
“My greatest character trait is my humility.” Those words were uttered tongue-in-cheek by a friend back in college and I’ve heard the same thing said by others several times since. Always a joke. But I wonder if we’re predisposed to…
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ScreenTime – Diane Sawyer Reporting
Diane Sawyer takes a look at the issue of family screen time in a special report for ABC News. View the video here. From the ABC News page: Today, American adults spend the equivalent of 49 days a year on…
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Episode 82: “Girls, Worldviews, and Contradictions” with Heather Zeiger
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Heather Zeiger – bio Jodi Chung – Facebook Episode 81:…
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Mueller. . . The Morning After. . .
No. . . this isn’t a political post. But it is a post about our ongoing predictions and reactions to political events. . . and just about anything and everything else. . . through social media. This morning I’m starting…
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How We Use Apps. . . An Informative Infographic. . .
As I once again head off to spend a weekend speaking about how we and our kids use technology and the implications of faith in regards to our technology use, I stumbled on this eye-opening and fairly thorough overview about…
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Youth Culture Hot Quote
The problem lies not with our desire to connect, but with our form of connection. Our technology gives us a form of connection with the whole world, but at the same time it can limit the depth of our connection…
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Novi, MI: Hyper-Connected 24/7:Kids and Social Media
What would the children and teens you know do if you asked them to give up their cellphones and Internet connections for a day? It wouldn’t be easy. Our kids are increasingly tethered to their technology, so much so that…
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Youth Ministry’s Crucial Cultural Mission. . .
Because I grew up in a Pastor’s home, we oftentimes had missionaries visit and stay with us. I remember listening to the stories and watching the slide shows they’d deliver during the all-ages Sunday School hour. These encounters shaped my…
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Why Youth Ministry Shouldn’t Be The Greatest Show On Earth. . .
The truth is that I was jealous. I was convinced that there was no way I could compete. Even worse, I believed there was a competition. I was a young youth worker doing ministry in a suburban church during the…
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