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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Isolation vs Community
The English writer John Donne is perhaps most famous for writing the words, “No man is an island.” Donne was communicating the fact that in order to thrive, we must depend on others and the gift of community. The Bible…
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Have Your Kids Seen Pornography?
A recent article in Psychology Today reports what most of us already realize is true, the majority of today’s adolescents have seen pornography, either because they have gone looking for it, or it has gone looking for them. As parents…
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Pushing Back on Teen Drug Abuse
The CDC reports that drug overdose deaths in the United States were four times more common in 2018 than they were just twenty years earlier. The CDC also reports that drug overdose deaths increased by thirty percent during the pandemic.…
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Your Kids and Relationships
Parents, today I want to encourage you to conduct a two-pronged relationship check. First, take time to take stock of your family relationships and closeness. Kids who are engaged with their families and who know they are loved are less…
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Episode 21 – “Leadership and Discipleship” with Doug Franklin
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) Linda Oliver…
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Loneliness Epidemic
I recently did a Google search for popular songs about Loneliness. Apparantly loneliness is nothing new. You might remember Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely”, Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again, Naturally,” and Al Green’s “Tired Of Being Alone.” One website features a…
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