Youth Groups Driving Christian Teens to Abandon Faith? . . . Some Issues. . . .
Last week a friend posted a link to an article from Charisma magazine that was making the rounds in our youth ministry world. My friend wrote this: “Have you seen this? I would love your thoughts. This study has been emailed…
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This Isn’t Your Mama’s Healthcare. . . Some Telling Ads. . .
Ok. . . a teachable moment thanks to an ad campaign that we can talk about with our kids. . . and this is the kind of thing we do here at CPYU and we encourage you to do in…
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Money or Meaning? . . . .
What is it that our kids are aspiring to? In what trajectory are they endeavoring to aim their lives? Those are questions that researcher Alexander Astin has been asking of first-year college students since 1966. I read about Astin and…
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Miley Cyrus. . . Another Teachable Moment. . .
Ok. Be honest. When you checked the news this morning and you heard about Miley Cyrus and her antics at yesterday’s MTV Europe Music Awards, what did you think? When collecting the Best Video award for “Wrecking Ball,” Cyrus pulled…
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Managing Marketing Madness. . . .
Did you know that all media exists to deliver a captive audience to people who have something to sell? Because of their age, developmental vulnerability, and spending power, our teens are currently the most targeted market segment in the world.…
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Richie Incognito. . . Perpetrator? Victim? Or Both? . . .
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard about the mounting tension in the NFL regarding what’s happened with Miami Dolphin offensive lineman Richie Incognito, and what needs to be done about it. In a nutshell, Incognito’s…
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What Screen Time is Doing to Our Kids. . .
Last night I had the opportunity to speak about kids and technology (a short segment of our “Born 2b Wired” seminar) to parents and staff at a local school district. They were holding an Internet Safety Expo that was designed…
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Middle School Football, Hooters, Two Letters, And Decency. . . .
Tim Keller defines “wisdom” as “having competence in the complexities of life where the moral rules or laws don’t apply.” With life becoming more and more complex, perhaps its no surprise that foolishness now eclipses wisdom in a world where…
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Moms and Body Image Pressure. . .
If you’re raising or working with girls, you know that body image pressure is epidemic in our culture. Sadly, it’s resulted in a situation where disordered eating and an unhealthy obsession with appearance is spreading like a cancer through our…
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Moms. . . You’ll Love This Video. . .
I couldn’t let the day pass without posting this wonderful little video that I stumbled on this afternoon. It’s all about perspective. The good news – as we’ve always trumpeted here at CPYU – is that relationship is so important…
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Halloween, Death, and That Encouraging and Hopeful Cloud. . . .
For two hours tonight our street will be crawling with hundreds of zombies, ghosts, and perhaps a few skeletons. There will be other reminders of the realities of spiritual brokenness, death, and decay walking the streets as well. Sadly, some…
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New Infographic on Kids 8 and Under and Media Use. . .
A helpful infographic from our friends over at Common Sense Media. . .