164 More! . . . . Each One An Individual. . . .
It was just as I remembered it. . . the Jubilee Conference that is. 2500 college students and their leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for a weekend full of learning what it means to integrate their faith into all of life.…
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Oh. . . What A Weekend! . . .
It starts this Friday night at the convention center in Pittsburgh. 2500 college students will gather together again this weekend for the annual Jubilee Conference, a get-together sponsored by the CCO that looks seriously at how the Gospel speaks to…
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Lady Gaga. . . Born This Way. . . The Voice of a Generation?. . .
I’m not sure I can recall the release of a single that’s been more trumpeted, more anticipated, or even more methodically marketed than the Lady Gaga song dropped onto our pop culture landscape just a few short hours ago. The…
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Miley, Lindsay, Truth, and Grace. . . .
They were both once viewed as squeaky clean. Mothers embraced them as relatively wholesome young role models whose movies, music, TV, etc. were safe alternatives to the glut of over-the-top stuff that sent impressionable young viewers and listeners down some…
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Super Bowl. . . .
It’s the big day. I’m currently out in Western Pennsylvania for a couple of days and it’s been nothing but a sea of black and gold. I’ve seen people and animals wearing things I never dreamed I’d ever see. They…
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A New Arrival at CPYU! . . . .
Those of you who know us know that we love books. We also like to write books. . . it’s not always a fun process, but we do it! We’ve got a new one that arrived here at CPYU this…
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Oh, How Time Flies! . . . .
Okay. . . so if I’m a subscriber to AOL in today’s world, I’m hopelessly outdated. I understand that. (By the way, I don’t subscribe to AOL). But if I was a subscriber to Prodigy or AOL in 1991 (which…
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Skins Reminds Us. . . Teach Kids Discernment. . .
There’s been lots of talk and buzz concerning MTV’s controversial teen drama, Skins. In perfect world we wouldn’t be talking about Skins because it wouldn’t exist. In a near-perfect world we would be able to step into our kids’ lives…
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Hollywood, Marriage, Motherhood, and 39%. . . .
This morning, The Today Show ran a very interesting story on the new trend in Hollywood. . . single motherhood. . . flaunted. The story not only looked at how attitudes in Hollywood are changing, but about how what’s happening…
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The Media Is Getting This One Right. . . .
We’re a nation of voyeurs. Why do you think we’re so obsessed with reality TV and celebrity weekly magazines? The constant and growing media glut of images (both moving and still) that fill our eyes have lulled us into a…
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Skins. . . Real Kids. . . In Real Time. . . .
Are our kids connecting with MTV’s new one-hour Monday night drama, Skins? You bet. This morning I spent a little bit of time on a section of the show’s homepage that didn’t appear on the Skins homepage until last Wednesday.…
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Skins. . . .
I suppose it means I’m a bit jaded when there’s very little that comes out of today’s media that I find shocking. But I realized last week that I’m not so jaded that I didn’t recoil when I watched MTV’s…
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