3(D) Review: “Be Her” by Ella Langley
Download the full 3(D) Review here. Background/summary: Currently ruling the charts with multiple hits, 27-year-old country star Ella Langley released this second single off her Dandelion album in February of 2026. The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard…
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Episode 226: “Purposeful Parenting Summer Series – Raising Discerning Kids”
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Spiritual Nurture: Our Kids and Decision-Making DiscernmentHow to Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart: A 3(D)…
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Screentime – Garbage In?
Parents, think of the brains of your children and teens like you think about your email accounts. If you are like me, your email box is pounded with more junk, spam, scams, and phishing schemes than legitimate, trustworthy, and truthful…
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Episode 219: “Making Tech-Wise Disciples – A Youthworker Addresses Screens with Students and Parents” with Jake Bier
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Jake Bier – Springton Lake Presbyterian ChurchCPYU Research FellowsCPYU Parent Prompt: Teen Loneliness & Smartphone UseCPYU Parent…
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Youth Culture, Voice and Choices
Somewhere there’s an assumption flying around that Christian kids are somehow immune from being vulnerable to the growing tide of negative influences in today’s rapidly changing culture. Many of us have bought the lie that “those things don’t happen in…
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3(D) Review: “Drag Path” by Twenty One Pilots
Download the full 3(D) Review here. Background/summary: Originally released on September 12, 2025 as a limited-time bonus track on the alternative rock duo’s eighth studio album, Breach, the song was available for one week, during which it went viral…
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Parents and Youth Culture
As a parent, what is your posture regarding how your kids will best navigate today’s youth culture? I want to warn you against two dangerous postures. Some parents take the approach I call false optimism. It’s an approach that looks…
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Can We Trust Online News?
I just don’t know who or what to believe anymore! Have you ever found yourself thinking or saying this out loud regarding what you encounter or social media. With advances in AI generated content and the ways in which we…
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