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Best Movie Quotes- Contest Winners
Earlier this week I announced a fun little contest where you submitted your favorite movie quotes. The top 5 quotes win the new Lion King BluRay/DVD combo (I’ve been seeing this movie everywhere this...
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Middle School Survey
I love asking kids what they’re thinking, watching, listening to… My friend Rob has been taking surveys in the most interesting of locations. Rob runs an amazing ministry in Granite Bay, CA (home of...
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The “Clean” Versions
iTunes is at it again, showing way too much to those who are way too young. This week their number one video features guys in their speedos literally waggling their penises. (Yes, I just said “penis.”...
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They Like It… so Let Them Do It!
In the last few weeks we’ve had a lot of dialogue in this blog about the media teenagers are regularly digesting, anything from mainstream racy music videos to top songs with questionable content. It’s...
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Teenagers Looking for Ministry?
A few weeks ago I was sitting in the front row of a church waiting to speak, and after hearing a few announcements about the numerous ministries the church was actively doing in the community I turned...
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Setting the Bar
Am I being too strict? Am I being too lenient? Both those questions came within minutes of each other after my Parenting the Texting Generation workshop this weekend in New York. Today’s parents seem...
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Dad, Can I Go to the Homecoming Dance?
I have two daughters. And in the last month each of them asked me the same question. “Dad, can I go to the homecoming dance?” To one of them I answered, “Yes,” and to the other one I answered, “No.”...
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What Does the CDC Report Actually Say?
I’m just going to think out loud here a little bit about this Youth Culture Window article I’m working on for next week. The topic? This new Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Survey of Family...
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The Hottest Topics- The Top Dozen
I always find it interesting to watch what topics interest you, my blog readers. Sometimes I’ll post a blog and I’ll watch the traffic trickle. Other times I’ll post something, obviously a hot topic…...
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A Movie That Provokes Conversation
Young people love media. Thus… I love using media as a springboard to conversations about real life issues. Sadly, the grab-bag of appropriate media isn’t very full these days. Remember the good ol’...
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Top 10 Scary Movies I’d Actually Show Teenagers
Tis the season to be… scary? First, let me come right out and admit that I’m not against dressing up on the 31st of this month, collecting candy and bobbing for apples. If you’re offended by this...
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Top 10 Scary Movies I’d Actually Show Teenagers- PART II
Yesterday I kicked off the first 5 of my Top 10 List of films that I’d actually feel comfortable showing my teenagers. Yesterday I gave you the first five; today you get five more. I don’t know what...
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Why Are Teenagers Really Having Less Sex?
Last week I wrote a “Youth Culture Window” article on a subject I would earmark as very important, Are Teenagers Really Having Less Sex? And How to Continue This Trend. The interesting part of this...
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Facebook… or Jersey Shore?
How well do you know your teenagers? For example, if you asked them, “What would you rather give up, T.V. or internet.” Which would they choose? Is their answer… the answer? Many kids (including the...
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Secure Enough to Not Be Sexy
My girls made me proud Monday night. They were secure enough in themselves to not be sexy. That’s a pretty bold move in a world where sexy is becoming the norm. Halloween is one of those times where...
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Coming Out of the Bronco Closet
I have a confession to make, a truly awkward one for a California resident. I hope this doesn’t upset all my Packer friends in Green Bay and my Steeler friends in Pittsburgh (no one would hesitate to...
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“Toast” Gets Toasted
A creative idea is added to our youth ministry web site… and criticism is quick to follow. Why is it that comment sections breed pessimism and ignorance? (Yeah… I’m definitely going to rant about this...
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Overreacting or Interacting about Rihanna’s #1 Song
It’s almost like Rihanna is in the mind of today’s teenage girl, looking for love in a hopeless place. Maybe that’s why her song, We Found Love, is still the #1 song across all the charts (#1 on...
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Glee Goes All the Way… Again
This week Doug Fields posted an article of mine on his blog encouraging parents to use the “pause button,” the “fast forward button”… and even the “off button” on their TV remotes as they co-view media...
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A Peek into Youth Culture… and a New Free Resource
As I’m putting the finishing touches on several workshops I’m teaching this weekend (in two different cities), I’m starting to notice one common denominator in every session: understanding youth...
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