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Georgia, Maryland, and Free Training…
My bags are packed and I’m looking forward to hanging out with a bunch of youth workers this weekend in both Atlanta, GA and Ocean City, MD. For those that can’t attend the workshops I’ll be teaching...
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What U.S. Kids Want for Christmas 2011
Those of you who are keeping an eye on our new “Offsite Articles Jonathan is Reading” box on the front page of www.TheSource4Parents.com probably noticed this brand new report from Nielsen revealing...
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The Increasingly Difficult Task of “Fleeing” Porn
Porn is becoming virtually inevitable. Unfortunately, so are the consequences of porn-consumption. Doug Fields and I collaborated on four posts about porn last week on his blog (here’s his summary post...
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30 to 60 Days
This last week has been very difficult. It started when we took our Bernese Mountain dog to the vet for what we thought would be a routine visit. If only. Jethro, our 105 pound Berner, became part of...
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Watching The Help
The last 5 days provided several times to sit down together on the family couch and watch a lil bit of cinematic entertainment. The highlight of the weekend was definitely the film based on the best...
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Cat Fights
Do you have teenage girls living in your house? Can you say… cat fight? About a year ago my daughters wanted to move into the same room together. They had some friends at church who did it and they...
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The Four Minute Mule
Last night we had to attend an award ceremony for my daughter Ashley’s cross country team. It was fun for the first 30 minutes, it was great hearing the coach talk about Ashley… but by the 3 hour mark…...
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Adele Connects
Adele sings… people listen. It’s always intriguing to see which artists connect with today’s music audiences. Rihanna provided We Found Love, a song and graphic music video that has resonated with...
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Using Tebow to Provoke Discussion
My buddy Lane Palmer just wrote a great new free discussion for our website using an interview from Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Denver Broncos. Lane contends, “Like Tim Tebow, we have all been given...
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Face to Face Time
Shoulder-to-shoulder opens doors to face-to-face. YouthSpecialties.com just posted a new article of mine titled, You Mean I’m Actually Supposed to Play Dodgeball? Yes… that’s kind of a loaded title....
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Top 10 Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Little Lady
Sometimes during the Christmas season, men need a little help understanding what to buy their women! Well, a couple years ago, my friend Matt Furby and I decided that we would help these clueless...
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Can The World Deal With Tebow’s Zeal?
It’s not often that we hear positive words about Christians on national TV. But Tim Tebow is making a more than a few people scratch their heads and wonder, “Is this whole Christianity thing actually...
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Top 5 Films of 2011
What are the best films you saw in 2011? Think about that one for a moment, because your list might vary greatly from the typical critics… I know mine does. This year critics are talking about films...
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Christmas Cookies
I work out… just so I can eat Christmas cookies! Last night was just the beginning. At about 8:20 Lori and Alyssa began with the “peanut blossoms” that they make every year (a peanut butter cookie with...
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Teenagers and Their Smartphones in 2011
The newest mobile phone numbers are in from Nielsen in their new State of the Media Mobile Media Report for the third quarter of 2011. The results probably won’t be surprising to anyone who hangs out...
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A Little Christmas Contest
Kids are mostly out of school, Christmas is just around the corner… I think I’ll give away some fun prizes! Let’s do a fun little contest. I’ll keep it simple. You LIKE our Facebook page, or subscribe...
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Ashley Just Wants Time
Today I walked up into my home office with expectations of working until noon and then hanging out with my kids for the rest of the day. Time got away from me. At 3:30, Ashley came in my office, “Dad,...
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Christmas Nerd Family
Last week our family was all laying around the couch watching Christmas specials and we landed on the Saturday Night Live Christmas special with one of our favorite sketches, the one where Jimmy...
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Saying Goodbye
Last month I shared with you some bad news we had received– our big dog Jethro had cancer and had only 30 to 60 days to live. It’s been a really difficult process, but we were thankful for the time we...
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Looking Back
Everybody’s looking back. The Top 5, the Top 10… name it. The end-of-year lists are emerging, revealing the top music, movies, and TV shows of 2011. I always find it intriguing to take a peek at the...
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