Fortnite, 13 Reasons Why, Snapchat… The shifting currents of culture all play a role in shaping the teenagers you serve, and give you unique opportunities to connect the Gospel to what’s actively forming their identity.
What You’ll Find
Our Media and Culture section will give you a window into the world of teenage culture. From gaming and movies to TV and technology, we’ll provide expert advice and perspective that will help you to engage with them on a cultural level. We’ll also review the latest gadgets, tools, and tech that can help make your job a bit easier.
It’s the most emotionally intense, violent, and curse-ridden film of the Marvel cinematic universe so far… and everyone’s buying a ticket to see it. Avengers: Infinity War goes places other superhero films don’t. Embedded among the snarky jabs and insider humor, the film explores provocative questions about faith.…
Jesus takes great pleasure in upending the status quo. Extreme hate is overcome by humble love. Selfish sin is transformed by selfless sacrifice. The greatest persecutor of the early church became the greatest evangelist of the entire world. The new movie Paul, Apostle of Christ illustrates this in a way we haven’t seen before. …
Sponsored content from our friends at Dare 2 Share Today, the teenagers in your youth group interact with their friends more through social media than face-to-face conversations—constantly snapping pictures and sharing funny “memes” with each other. While social media provides a lot of fun, it also comes with dangers and temptations that can make any parent or youth pastor nervous.…
How long would it take you to listen to 1.5 million songs on Spotify? Or post 350,000 tweets on Twitter? Or take 210,000 snaps on Snapchat? If you’re trying to run the numbers, just stop. All that – and much, much more – happened every 60 seconds in 2017.…
What Impact Is Porn Having on Young Viewers? These days, porn seems to dominate the headlines. Our president is alleged to have had an affair with a porn star. The adult entertainment industry was recently rocked by the deaths of 5 female porn stars in just 3 months.…
Good. Evil. Wonder. Hate. Love. Philosophy. But no Jesus. That would be “A Wrinkle in Time.” Based on author Madeleine L’Engle’s book, this movie adaptation is overwhelming in intent yet underwhelming in delivery. Audiences of all ages have been waiting to see how well the novel would translate to the screen only to end up sorely disappointed.…
Yesterday hundreds of thousands of teenagers decided to take a stand by participating in the National School Walkout, a coordinated protest conceived and implemented by student activists from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. These young leaders, all of them survivors of one of the worst school shootings in American history, have been articulate, determined, and shrewd as they try to leverage an adult-controlled political apparatus into doing something to stop the carnage.…
The heart is the symbol for Valentine’s Day, which makes what happened Wednesday, in a southern Florida high school, all the more shattering—our hearts are broken and broken again by what feels like an endless parade of violence. I was with youth workers and survivors of the Columbine massacre hours after this cycle of copycat destruction was kicked off in our culture, and four years ago I was trying to help my own daughter recover from the trauma she experienced in her own school shooting.…
We live in a culture that’s working up a good sweat, always pushing us to excel. Goal-setting. Achieve more. Grow. And all of this is, of course, the American way… But what if where you are, right now, is where you need to be?…
You hope it’s good. You want it to be good. And…it is. It’s absolutely beautiful. Plus, [tweet_dis]the latest “Star Wars” movie has so much to teach us about youth ministry and parenting[/tweet_dis]. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is an epic, jaw-dropping high-five that’s also soulful, comedic, inspiring, and introspective.…
