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I wish I knew the whole answer to this question but here are a few things I’ve been thinking about: First read my Personal Disclaimer: I wrote this post for people who merely want to have as a part of their core mission to attract this younger generation to their church.  What I’m personally thinking [...]

(I keep hearing, “She’ll be grown-up before you know it“.  My internal response, “shut it, let me enjoy every moment until then“.  In case your wondering, my outward response, I just smile.) Everyone knows that students are “growing older younger” but not everyone knows  this is called “Age Compression”.  Not that it really matters what [...]

Grabbed this from over on Fuller’s site and wanted to post it because I’m DEEPLY passionate about this topic and Dan Hodge PhD has added some new language to this dialog that wasn’t previously there.  I love the way he’s thinking and I love the connective tissue he proposes. After checking this out you should [...]

Not gonna lie, I was a little shocked when I read this: “…it’s a fact that teenagers today seem to be crossing their fingers behind their back more and more. They are cheating and stealing more, too. The latest Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, shows teens are [...]

I found this odd…I’m really interested in seeing how this plays out. A 16-year-old Arkansas boy is taking his mother to court over accusations she broke into his Facebook account and wrote slanderous comments about him. But Denise New claims she was just concerned about her boy’s behavior, and the case could challenge the rights of parents [...]

I wonder what would happen if the law was this strict over here in there states.  Check this craziness out! GO HERE!

Tim commented on my previous post and it was totally worth reposting for anyone who’s looking for more info on or struggling with porn and lust.  There is also great wisdom in how to teach about these topics here too.  So this isn’t an official guest post, but Tim shared great thoughts on these issues! [...]

Check out the post I got this from HERE In Tim Chester’s forthcoming book, Captured By a Better Vision: Living Pom-Free, he describes the spread of pornography as an epidemic. Here are some statistics that back up his claim … Every second, 28,258 Internet users are viewing pomography and $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography The pornography [...]

Sitting in my hotel room at Kalahari Resort (I’m speaking at a retreat this weekend) and found this in one of my Evernote folders from last September and thought it was worth posting.  Have no idea where I clipped it from off the internet but I think this is good stuff to know, especially considering [...]

This was a great article I found HERE written by Annastasia. The following is the article: I was included on an email thread by danah boyd along with Henry Jenkins about a new web application called Paralert. The original email was from a writer covering this startup who was disturbed by the idea of parents using this technology [...]