Refraining from Drawing a Line in the Sand

Whether I had heard about it from someone else, read about it on a blog or had a nudge from the Spirit as some would say, I was stunned. The vulnerability and honesty was a breath of fresh air. The masks we all...

Reaching the Interconnected Disconnected

Earlier this year, during a TV interview ("The Harvest Show") to promote my book You, Your Family and the Internet, I joked about parents texting their children that dinner was ready. We all had a laugh, though...

How the Web Robs Us of Story

Reading it made my blood boil.You see, I'm in marketing. It's my job to get people to attend Word of Life Camps. I do this most often by assembling short, punchy paragraphs and compelling bullet lists. I make o...

Making Social Media Work for Youth Workers

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Social Media Myth Busting

If you ask almost any group of people what the most depressing day of the week is, what answer would you expect to hear? Probably Monday, right? Well as it turns out, the biggest bummer is Wednesday. When you t...

Death by Tech

Has anyone else found him or herself wishing students happy birthday on Facebook instead of actually sending birthday cards, or is it just me? How about actually calling students to invite them to an event inst...

Youth Culture Update: Speaking of Books…

More people who identify as practicing Christians have read Fifty Shades of Grey than The Hobbit, according to a new study by the Barna Group.For the poll, researchers looked at books that had some sort of ente...