Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the September/October 2010 issue of Group Magazine. Go to http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/group to subscribe. Ever had a neighbor who played his music so loud you could feel the vibrations in your fingernails? That guy probably played music you hate, and you had to listen to it all the time.…
Editor’s Note: A few years ago Jonathan Acuff launched a little Web site called StuffChristiansLike.net as a way to riff on the peculiar ways Christians think, talk, and act. Now, fueled by 730,000 online readers in 209 countries, Acuff has published a book titled Stuff Christians Like (Zondervan) as a “field guide to all things Christian.”…
Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)… Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish To go back to a place much simpler than this.…
Miley’s new music video, Can’t Be Tamed, was released this past Tuesday, May 4th. The press has described it as “sexy,” “dark” and “seductive.” I would just describe it as textbook selling out. Britney did it. Aguilera did it. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga are still doing it.…
Teen attitudes are shaped by, and steeped in, the relativistic postmodern cultural landscape, which reflects a mindset that snubs absolute truth in favor of subjective feelings. Here, gambling is viewed not so much as a sin – as with the Las Vegas Sin City label – but as a matter of personal preference and choice.Todays…
Regardless of method and reason, as care-givers to todays emerging generation we need to address this issue with the teens and pre-teens in our lives. Discussion is the first place to begin. Teens who understand the danger and risks involved will be less likely to see choking one another as a game.…
