Phoneliness
One of the marks of the young generation known as Generation Z is loneliness. These are the kids born between 1997 and 2012. You would think that since they are immersed in a smartphone world where twenty-four seven connections with…
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Episode 158: “Does Social Media Use Bring Out The Fruit of the Spirit?” with Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
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: Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra SocialSanityBook.com The Gospel Coalition Thorns & Thistles –…
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He Had a Phone in His Pocket!
Last month, Pittsburgh Pirates’ second basemen Rodolfo Castro slid into third base. What’s the big deal with that? After all, major league baseball players slide into bases during every game. This slide caught the attention of everyone for the simple…
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Locked in on their Smartphones
Over the course of the summer, I made it a point to pay special attention to when and where children and teens are locked in on their smartphones during their daily comings and goings. In my own neighborhood alone, I…
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Smartphones and Early Porn Exposure
With the average age of first-time smartphone ownership now hovering around the ages of ten, eleven, and twelve, we need to realize that this has opened a pandora’s box of earlier and earlier pornography exposure among kids. And, in today’s…
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