Youth Workers. . . What Kind Of Shepherd Are You? . . .
My friend John Freeman from HarvestUSA is passionate about seeing young and old alike experience what they were made for. Their ministry at HarvestUSA is all about leading people into the path of sexual flourishing. Sadly, what John sometimes encounters…
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Youth Workers. . . Stay Staked. . .
Youth workers. . . this morning, I kept pondering our need to pray for one another. You for me. Me for you. Here’s what’s urgently nudging at me this morning. . . Without an anchor, we drift along with the…
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Zits Gets It Right. . . Something On Kids And Marketing. . . .
Earlier this morning, a couple of us were talking about the price of a Super Bowl Commercial and how it’s skyrocketed since we got started here at CPYU way back in 1989. It was a ridiculously expensive $700,400 during Super…
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Teens And E-Cigs. . . A Helpful Infographic. . .
School teachers and administrators are a gold-mine for information on youth culture trends. That’s why I threw this question at a high school principal friend a couple of weeks ago: “What are you most concerned about with kids these days?”…
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Phones, Addiction, and The Health Of Kids, Families, and Youth Groups. . . A Helpful Video. . .
This weekend I’ll be speaking to youth workers and parents out in Michigan. . . addressing cultural and spiritual issues among our kids including things like anxiety, narcissism, and social media. While thinking about the inter-relationships between the three (think…
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Pornhub, Heinz, The Super Bowl, and Teaching Kids To Process Ads To The Glory of God. . .
The Super Bowl is about football. . . mostly. . . and millions will be watching on Sunday with great anticipation focusing not only on the game, but on showcased ads. Heinz is best known for making “America’s Favorite Ketchup”.…
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Super Bowl Weekend. . . Some Thoughts On Blows To The Head. . .
It’s got a bigger grip on me that it should. I know that. It’s not that it’s a bad thing. It’s just that I put way too much thought and worry into following my favorite pro sports teams. When I…
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today. . . Youth Culture, The Beatles, And How Time Flies. . .
I remember my pre-teen self feeling four news-induced punches to the gut during my “wonder years”. Three were assassinations. The TV news bulletins (no Internet back then!) disrupted the normalcy of our days when JFK, RFK, and MLK were each…
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Teen Slang. . . A Helpful Infrographic. . .
TBT. . . most of us older folks are clueless on the latest teen slang. There are new words, acronyms used in texting, and a lexicon that’s sometimes motivated by a desire to continue to keep us in the dark.…
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Who’s Changing Who? Youth Ministry, Culture, and Truth. . .
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks spent with my good buddy Duffy Robbins. I’ve been poked, prodded, and pushed to think about new things in new ways, and new things in light of old ways. Last week it was…
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A Streaming Peek Into Today’s Youth Culture. . .
Netflix is now streaming the film “Eighth Grade.” If you’re a parent, grandparent, or youth worker who wants to jump into the world of today’s teens and and learn what it’s like to grow up in today’s youth culture, then…
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How To Block Porn On Kid’s Devices. . . .
Whenever I’m speaking to parents and/or youth workers about matters related to our Digital Kids Initiative, I am inevitably asked for recommendations regarding blocking software or technologies that can keep kids from danger and danger from kids. I never know…
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