Rewarding? . . . Really? . . . .
Just like I wondered how my Dad ever survived a childhood without television, my kids wonder the same about my early years spent in the tech-free desert of the stone-age period known to them as the 60s and 70s. Technological…
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Internet Infidelity. . . .
The Anthony Weiner drama continues to unfold. While some are saying the story needs to simply go away, I disagree. It’s a story that needs to stay, be deconstructed, and be pondered as it’s really a story about the convergence…
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Do You Own Your iPhone. . . Or Does Your iPhone Own You? . . .
All this month I’ve been hunkered down doing research for our new “Digital Kids Initiative” here at CPYU. It’s our attempt to think Christianly about this brave new digital world that didn’t exist just a few short years ago. What…
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Story, Redemption, Momentary Escape, and HBO Go. . . .
This commercial makes me laugh. . . a lot. . . because if I’m more like one of the two guys in the spot, I’m the guy talking into the fan. Come on. . . you’ve done that too, haven’t…
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Weiner Comes Clean. . . .
So the lead story on last night’s evening news was all about the confession of New York Congressman Anthony Weiner. Yes, he did Tweet that photo and yes, it was a photo of himself. As I watched Weiner’s tearful press…
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A Good Story. . .
My daughter-in-law Sheila emailed me a link to a great article this morning. It’s about some friends who have seen God’s mercy in the midst of great difficulty. That’s them in the picture. We got to know them when their…
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Women And Pornography Addiction. . . .
I received a sad but not surprising Facebook message from a former student of mine today. He was simply asking for my thoughts on a blog posted by a female friend. . . . a blog that he found troubling.…
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Pope-rah. . . Some Final Thoughts. . . .
Yep, I did it. . . for about a half an hour. I watched Oprah’s final minutes on TV. Well, on her show. There’s no way she’s anywhere near done with TV. Those last 30 minutes of Oprah teaching her…
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Why I Should Have Been Fired. . . .
The other night I was telling my family that I wish I had a good nickname. The conversation was prompted after my girls had convinced me to watch the Justin Bieber movie – “Never Say Never” – (Ok. . .…
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Come On. . . Is It Really Worth It? . . . .
In about two hours I’ll be sitting in a college office with my 18-year-old son. It’ll be a give and take with an administrator on class placement, course selection, and major possibilities. At this point, he hasn’t centered in on…
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The Church of Oprah. . . .
Ok. . . so the world didn’t end on Saturday after all. But for millions of Oprah fans, it’s going to end in three days. On several occasions over the past several years I’ve found myself starting a conversation with…
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Teens and Sex. . . .
Yesterday I drove down to Manayunk (part of Philly, along the river) to visit the offices of Harvest USA and to sit in on a test run of a new youth worker seminar they’re putting together. Manayunk. . . it’s…
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