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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Pop Music and Sex. . . The Science Says 92% . . .
So here’s an interesting story on an interesting study that counted and catalogued some interesting stuff. According to a study written up by Dawn R. Hobbs for Evolutionary Psychology, 92% of the 174 songs that made it into the Billboard…
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I Married The Wrong Person. . . .
Earlier today I was finishing a run-through of the September issue of Christianity Today magazine when I ran across a little interview with Glenn Stanton on “The Science of Shacking Up.” Stanton’s the author of The Ring Makes All The…
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His Lips Were Sealed. . . .
Last week I caught the tail-end of a radio interview with Ralph Branca. If I had heard his name before, I didn’t remember it. I do, however, know the name of Bobby Thomson. . . the man used his bat…
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The Twitter Movie. . . Well, Sort Of. . . .
This ongoing journey to evaluate culture through eyes of integrity and faith sure does take some interesting twists and turns. When people exercise their fallen creativity new thingss pop up every day. . some that make you laugh and some…
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Making Myself Up. . . Again. . . .
Back in the 1980’s I had to intervene in a bizarre situation involving one of our youth group kids. I caught wind of the fact that this tender young middle school girl was telling kids at school that she had…
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But Will It Fit In My Coffin? . . . .
Last week I was thumbing through a local ad paper when I spotted news on an auction that was happening at the end of the week. As I carefully read through the list of items to be sold, a small…
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PETA and Porn. . . Unbelievable! . . . .
It was so ridiculous that I had to read the little story several times over. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is looking for ways to effectively promote their message of animal rights and vegan eating. OK. . .…
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The Scoop On Gaming. . . .
There’s a point near the beginning of my Download seminar (a look into the media world of today’s teens) where I try to help parents and youth workers see just how much and how fast the media world has changed.…
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Watching Our Language. . . .
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s John Timpane recently wrote a piece on the words we use and don’t use anymore. Timpane’s report on Merriam-Webster’s changing lexicon offers a great reflection of just how much our world and culture is actually morphing from…
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