The Youth Worker and Sexual Integrity. . . .
Two weeks from today I get to introduce my friend Jason Soucinek to a group of people who will gather to receive a day of training we’re calling “Life Up Close: How To Challenge Teens to Embrace Sexual Integrity.” I’ve…
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Pastor Beatle. . . Something To Think About. . . .
A few weeks ago I was chatting with my friend Steve Rabey when he made a very bold statement that I’m not sure I bought, but that I’ve been thinking about ever since. I have to be careful what I…
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Kids, Condoms, and Crafting a Response. . . .
Recently the CDC released another in what seems like a never-ending stream of reports on kids and their sexual activity. Perhaps you saw an article on the report’s findings that was published last week. After reading the article in our…
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Alice Cooper, Britney Spears, NPR. . . . Seriously?
My past came back to haunt me last night. . . almost literally. Big Tom Piotrowski (if you’ve been around CPYU for a few years you remember my 7-foot-tall former NBA-playing friend) texted me to ask if I had ever…
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Brandon Marshall’s Challenge To The Church. . . .
Yep. . . sports can serve to teach us valuable lessons about life. That connect was made for me again yesterday when I happened to catch a sports radio broadcast of Travis Rodgers interviewing former Miami Dolphins’ wide receiver Mark…
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How Do You “Look?” . . . .
“Worldview” . . . that’s a word I used to have to define when I’d talk about it with youth workers and parents 15 years ago. I was finding that it was a relatively new and unfamiliar concept, term, and…
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Using Social Media in Youth Ministry. . . Some Guidelines. . .
Yesterday I promised to follow-up some personal social media use guidelines for youth workers with some parameters for use of social media and technology in youth ministry. Here’s the deal. . . in our Digital Kids Initiative we are not…
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Youthworkers and Social Media. . . Some Guidelines. . .
So we were asked a great question by our friend Kevin Vinay, a youth worker here in Pennsylvania. Kevin realizes that social media is here and here to stay. Knowing full well that anything in life can be abused or…
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Trending. . . Pornography. . .
One reality that keeps rearing it’s ugly head as I complete research for our Digital Kids Initiative is the pervasive presence of pornography in today’s world. It’s a growing issue for men, women, and children. Way back in 1996, the…
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10 Days Without. . . .
Daniel Day works for Axis, a ministry committed to moving students from apathy to action. Sounds like a mission we should all embrace. I love the mission, the concept, and what Daniel has chosen to do personally for the cause.…
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Dear Gareth. . . Thoughts On Your Thoughts About My Thoughts On Steve Jobs. . .
If there’s one thing I realized yesterday after posting on the reaction to Steve Jobs’ death, it’s that Steve Jobs was a lot more important to people than I ever knew or imagined. This morning Gareth commented on my blog…
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Thoughts On Steve Jobs And Our Reaction To His Death. . . .
Last night while watching my beloved Phillies fizzle out, the Twitter-verse was going crazy with word that Steve Jobs had died. So massive and fast was the spreading of the news, that I wouldn’t have been surprised if my Blackberry…
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