When Will I Know? . . . .
I love the convergence of the Word and the world. That’s what it’s about isn’t it? And that’s our calling. . . to know how the Word speaks to the world. It’s the prophetic task of following Christ as we…
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Don’t Let Them Step In It. . . . .
Who knows how many hundreds of times I’ve done it? Whatever the number is, add another one to the total. I did it again the other day while mowing the grass in the back yard. Clean-up had not been comprehensive.…
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I Blew It. . . .
Okay. . . so I really messed this one up. You would think that because we’re in the business of monitoring, knowing, and educating about youth culture that we would have been all over this. But that’s not what happened.…
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I Went to a Fight, and a . . . . .
Today is one of those days when multiple threads in the fabric of culture and my life have converged to spark some inner conflict. It’s about sportsmanship. . . something I blog on from time-to-time in our sports obsessed culture.…
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Stupid? Or Smart? . . . .
This morning I finished my writing for the next edition of Simply Youth Culture, the great little resource we’re now doing with our friends over at Simply Youth Ministry. One of the things we include each time is a culture…
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Cartoons and Culture. . . .
I’ve got a folder on my computer that I’ve been slowly filling with interesting and funny stuff for several years. It’s full of newspaper and magazine cartoons that make me laugh while capturing the reality of living in a rapidly…
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Staub on Tiger, Jesse, and Narcissism. . . .
One of my favorite ministry friends is Dick Staub. How can you not love a guy who was basically kicked off Christian radio for pursuing his passion to represent His Savior in the Athens of today’s world? The first time…
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Baseball, In the Stands, and Culture. . . .
Opening day for my beloved Phillies happened a couple of days ago and for the first time ever, I was able to be there. Lisa and I took the short drive down to D.C. to see the Phillies take on…
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Finished. . . .
Amazing words about equally amazing drama, grace and love to ponder over the course of this weekend. . . .
Facebook. . . Good, Bad, Ugly? . . .
I stumbled into a conversation yesterday in the hallway at our church. It was occasioned by a remark our sixty-something pastor made during his sermon about “looking around on Facebook the other day.” Yep, he’s got an account. . .…
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Really? . . . .
On Sunday night I stopped at a Kiosk in the Cincinnati airport to pick up something to eat. While standing at the register I scanned the magazine rack behind the cashier to see if there was anything interesting that might…
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Silence. . . .
This morning, I decided to follow-up a conversation I had last weekend with a concerned mom by penning a response for the April 2010 edition of our CPYU Parent Page. Here’s what I wrote. . . . and I’d love…
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