Are You Talking about God?
All this week we’re looking at some great quotes that help us to look deeply into who we are and how our culture has shaped us and our kids. Journalist Dorothy Day wrote these thought-provoking words: “If I have achieved…
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Episode 224: “Purposeful Parenting Summer Series – Raising ‘Weak’ 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:CPYU Parent Prompts CPYU Together in the Word Facebook GroupCPYU Reading Discussion Group on FacebookThe Word in…
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Works or Grace?
All this week we’re looking at some great quotes that help us to look deeply into who we are and how our culture has shaped us and our kids. Here’s one from C.S. Lewis: “A world of nice people, content…
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True Freedom
This is a big weekend for those of us living here in the United States. Tomorrow, we celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our nation, or, what’s called our Semiquincentennial. You’ve no doubt experienced the buildup and even…
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Christian Education in Your Homes
Way back in the year 1750, the famous preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards preached his farewell sermon in Northampton, Massachusetts. We all know that when people give their parting words, they say things that they deem of the utmost importance.…
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God’s Blueprint for Fathers
On this weekend when we look forward to celebrating Father’s Day, I want to remind the fathers who are listening of their greatest responsibility in life. In Ephesians six four we read this: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to…
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Raising Kids Who Love The Church
In a recent article in ByFaith magazine, author Katie Polski share three things that each of us needs to keep in mind as we seek to raise our children to love the church. First, Katie tells us that it all…
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The Power of an Involved Grandparent
Over the course of the last few years I’ve been thinking more and more about the powerful role that grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren. If you’re a grandparent, perhaps you’ve already verbalized what most grandparents think: that…
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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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Spiritual Nurture: Equipping Teenagers to Stand Firm – Moving From Motivation to Activation
By: Josh Good, CPYU Research Fellow and Ministry Director, Christian Endeavor USA, Gilbertsville, PA Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here. Anyone who’s stood at the ocean’s edge knows the feeling—waves pushing and pulling, sand shifting beneath your feet, making…
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