Katy Perry, Pastors, and Youth Culture. . . .
On Tuesday I get to spend the day with a group of pastors. Evangelical Theological Seminary is holding their annual Fall Forum and I have the privilege of speaking on Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture. It’s always my hope…
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CPYU’s Best Kept Secret. . . And It’s Free! . . . .
OK. . . we’ve got a secret. . . and we wish it wasn’t so. Our secret is one of the many outlets we use here at CPYU to get information and analysis out to parents, youth workers, pastors, and…
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She Drank Herself to Death. . . .
Maybe you already saw the news this morning. Word is that Amy Winehouse – the singer who was found dead in her bed on July 23 – drank herself to death. The coroner reports that Winehouse had lethal amounts of…
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The Youth Worker and Sexual Integrity. . . .
Two weeks from today I get to introduce my friend Jason Soucinek to a group of people who will gather to receive a day of training we’re calling “Life Up Close: How To Challenge Teens to Embrace Sexual Integrity.” I’ve…
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Pastor Beatle. . . Something To Think About. . . .
A few weeks ago I was chatting with my friend Steve Rabey when he made a very bold statement that I’m not sure I bought, but that I’ve been thinking about ever since. I have to be careful what I…
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Kids, Condoms, and Crafting a Response. . . .
Recently the CDC released another in what seems like a never-ending stream of reports on kids and their sexual activity. Perhaps you saw an article on the report’s findings that was published last week. After reading the article in our…
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Alice Cooper, Britney Spears, NPR. . . . Seriously?
My past came back to haunt me last night. . . almost literally. Big Tom Piotrowski (if you’ve been around CPYU for a few years you remember my 7-foot-tall former NBA-playing friend) texted me to ask if I had ever…
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Brandon Marshall’s Challenge To The Church. . . .
Yep. . . sports can serve to teach us valuable lessons about life. That connect was made for me again yesterday when I happened to catch a sports radio broadcast of Travis Rodgers interviewing former Miami Dolphins’ wide receiver Mark…
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How Do You “Look?” . . . .
“Worldview” . . . that’s a word I used to have to define when I’d talk about it with youth workers and parents 15 years ago. I was finding that it was a relatively new and unfamiliar concept, term, and…
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Using Social Media in Youth Ministry. . . Some Guidelines. . .
Yesterday I promised to follow-up some personal social media use guidelines for youth workers with some parameters for use of social media and technology in youth ministry. Here’s the deal. . . in our Digital Kids Initiative we are not…
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Youthworkers and Social Media. . . Some Guidelines. . .
So we were asked a great question by our friend Kevin Vinay, a youth worker here in Pennsylvania. Kevin realizes that social media is here and here to stay. Knowing full well that anything in life can be abused or…
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Trending. . . Pornography. . .
One reality that keeps rearing it’s ugly head as I complete research for our Digital Kids Initiative is the pervasive presence of pornography in today’s world. It’s a growing issue for men, women, and children. Way back in 1996, the…
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