That’s Us. . . On TV! . . . .
There were a couple of commercials that I saw this weekend. . . several times each. . . that caught my eye. They caught my eye because they are not only creative, but because they caught the rest of me…
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Help Us Help You. . . .
We’ve got a technology issue here at CPYU. . . and we need your help. Three years ago, the IT company we use to keep us up and running informed us that our server was running on its last legs.…
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Neophile Faith . . . .
Just when I think I’m finally getting it, it gets me. Yesterday included a moment of frustrated panic here in the office when I logged onto Facebook. I started taking the familiar path to our CPYU page in order to…
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Yes, Culture Is Changing . . . .
Last week I taped some new video spots with our friends from Simply Youth Ministry. . . stuff for kids on how to evaluate music and media. At one point, I was talking about how technology has changed over the…
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I’m Not Sure They’ll Listen. . . .
I’ll bet this has happened to you. It’s already happened to me a few times. The other day I’m driving down the local interstate at a pretty good clip. I’m in the right lane. An on-ramp is coming up. I…
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One Copy of Seventeen Magazine, Please. . . .
I’ve learned that there’s absolutely no way a grown man can purchase a copy of Seventeen Magazine at our local Barnes and Noble without looking like some kind of pervert. I’ve learned that lesson numerous times over during the course…
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Twittering Narcissists. . . . .
Like all things in life, Twitter isn’t a bad thing. Hey, we even jumped into the Twitter-sphere here at CPYU. What we’re hoping, however, is that we use it in the right way. I’ve blogged about this before so there’s…
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Being a Twit. . . .
So I’m walking through our church foyer the other week when I’m flagged down by a couple of mothers of teenagers. They wanted to know my opinion of Facebook. They weren’t the first to ask. It seems that it’s one…
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Youth Culture, Adolescent Development, and The Key. . . .
So I’m scratching my head this morning for the millioninth time while saying, “Why didn’t I think of that???” I’ve always wanted to invent something. Problem is, somebody else always gets the idea that I don’t. So, I guess it’s…
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Facebook prompts more thoughts. . . .
This Facebook thing continues to be fun. The reason is rather simple. . . . I’ve connected with my old youth group kids from the 80s and we’re rekindling loads and loads of memories. . . . many of which,…
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Youth group. . . .
So now I’m on Facebook. I had an account for several months but never did anything with it besides setting it up. My profile picture was that generic blue question mark. From time to time I’d get emails informing me…
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