The Game, Flash Mobs, and Phony Phone Calls. . . .
So prosecutors in Los Angeles County are deciding what they want to do with The Game. It seems that last Friday the rapper sent out a mischievous tweet to his almost 600,000 Twitter followers. The Tweet invited followers to call…
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Yesterday I Stepped Into a Time Machine. . . .
. . . and it threw me into the future that is now. Really. It’s true. Here’s what happened. I decided to head over to the library at our local college here in town. To give you some context, it’s…
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The Soul in Cyberspace. . . 14 Years Later. . .
I’m still researching this project related to the role the digital frontier and social media are playing in culture and the lives of our kids. Yesterday I spotted a book on my shelf that was published in 1997, the same…
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Are We Making A Digital Mess? . . .
The changes continue. Some are good. Some are troubling. All of us must be thinking about how to live redemptively with the changes in the midst of the changes. . . and then endeavoring to do so. That’s what discipleship…
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I Am Grateful Today. . . .
The last year has flown. God has been good. I am grateful to Him. The words to this, one of my favorite hymns, have taken on significant meaning for me over the course of the last year. How firm a…
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“Divided” The Movie. . . . Hmmmmmm. . . . .
Over the course of the last couple of weeks I’ve had several friends contact me for my thoughts about a new film – Divided – that blasts away at youth ministry as we know it. Since I’ve lived in the…
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Thank You Lord, for John Stott. . . .
Last weekend I posed a meal-time question to my wife and a couple of our friends: “If you could choose five influential people from the last 100 years or so and spend one day with each, who would you choose?”…
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Wrestling With Homosexuality. . . .
Several years ago I had a conversation with a close Christian friend who said he had something to tell me. It was a different time – a markedly different time – when he opened and poured out his heart with…
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The Sad Story of Amy Winehouse. . . .
After a weekend getaway void of most technological connections, Lisa and I returned home late last night. I settled into bed and decided to give the Sunday paper a quick once-over to see what happened in the world while we…
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To Those Who Have Been Given Much. . . Crisis In Africa. . .
I just exchanged texts with my good friend Rich Van Pelt from Compassion. I asked Rich what he knows about what’s happening in Africa. It seems that the rest of the world knows alot more about the famine, drought and…
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The Gnawing That Is Today. . . .
At the level of my emotions, this has not been a morning to sing show tunes from “Oklahoma.” You know. . . that jump-out-of-bed-with-a-spring-in-your-step little tune that starts with “Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day. I’ve…
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Youth Culture Trends That I Missed. . . .
I got an email from my friend Bret Bucklen the other day. I’ve known Bret and his family for years. He wound up majoring in sociology just like I did at the same college. Along the way, I had Bret…
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