Parent Prompt: Parent/Teen Conversations
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Parent: how was your day?Teen: good.Parent: what was good about it?Teen: nothing.Parent: what did you do?Teen:…
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Episode 182: “40 Years of Detention” – What The Breakfast Club Can Teach Us About Youth Ministry
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: CPYU Research Fellows Molly Ringwald Reveals Breakfast Club Scene She Thinks…
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The Importance of Family Dinners
I recently had a youth worker friend lament what’s happening in the lives of her students as the result of some bad habits their families have adopted. She told me that after doing a quick survey of her students, she…
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Episode 62: “Biblical Marriage” with Jim Newheiser
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Kyle Hoffsmith (website) Old North Church (Kyle’s church) Jim Newheiser…
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God’s Marching Orders for Parents
Today, I’d like to remind you of the passage in Deuteronomy six that’s known as the Shema. Listen carefully to these inspired words to parents. “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our god, the Lord is one. You shall love the…
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The Dangers of a Chaotic Home
Sometimes some research comes along that confirms what we already know just from intuition. But we need to listen to that research as it reminds us of things that should be getting our attention. A new study published in the…
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