Raising Internet Zombies
“Papa. Are Zombies real?” That’s a question my young grandson asked me after seeing a TV commercial for a movie about these mythological undead corpses we’re told walk the earth. While I assured him that “No, Zombies are not real”,…
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The Latest Screen Time Stats
Once again, our friends at Common Sense Media have released some helpful data on media use among tweens and teens. It’s not at all surprising that in our screen-saturated world, engagement with screens for the purpose of entertainment is on…
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Episode 150: “Digital Distraction” a Youth Worker Panel Discussion
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: Rachel Hamming Rachel’s Pastoral Letter to Her Students… Levi Mohr (RockPointe…
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Social Media Parental Insight
One of my favorite scenic spots is Bearskin Neck in Rockport, Massachusetts. As you stand on high ground, you get an awesome view of the Atlantic Ocean. But there’s one spot where you can look over the edge at a…
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Our Need for Physical Bibles
Wes Hill starts his recent article in Christianity Today magazine with this sentence: “As I prepare to begin my tenth year as a seminary professor, I’m going to begin the biblical capstone class I’ll be teaching by recommending that my…
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Screens, Exercise and Childhood Health
Sometimes research will confirm what our intuition has already told us. That’s certainly the case when it comes to kids and obesity. Researchers have been warning us for years that a child’s heavy use of digital media is associated with…
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