Youth Sports – Sacrificing Sabbath
Eric Liddell, the subject of the movie “Chariots of Fire” came to mind recently as I read a news story about a decision made by a 16-year-old teenager from Satellite Beach, Florida. Liddell, a devout Christian, chose not to run…
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Episode 220: “Are Teens Gambling Online? You Bet” with Kyle Fulks and Katie Schneider
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:Kyle Fulks – Hope Community ChurchKatie Schneider – Highview Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchCPYU Research FellowsSucker: My year as…
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Youth Sports – Empty Pockets, Full Schedules
Let me make a very direct statement here regarding some of the ridiculous decisions parents are making regarding their kids and youth sports: Parents, we are losing our minds! I’m speaking specifically about the high cost of travel tournaments that…
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How Parents Wreck Youth Sports
The title of a research study from the University of Hawaii recently caught my eye. The study title is this: “Frequency of Negative Adult Spectator Behavior at Adolescent Sporting Events.” Any of us who have attended a youth sporting event…
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The Cost of Youth Sports
When we can’t act responsibly, behaving ourselves in ways that don’t risk danger to others and ourselves, outside intervention is needed so that the most vulnerable are protected. For several years now we’ve been talking about the out-of-control idolatry of…
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