Youth Culture Update: Getting a Bum Rap?

If a rapper tells the world he killed someone in a song, should that be taken as a confession?That question, and many others similar in nature, are being asked across the country. Courtrooms are filling with ga...

Youth Culture Update: Play to be Paid?

College student-athletes have the right to unionize according to a recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling, which was handed down in March 2014 by a regional director of the board, cou...

Youth Culture Update: Mileyology

Students at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will have an opportunity to take a class called "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media." The class will use Cyrus as a lens through ...

Youth Culture Update: Media Matters

Teens spend nearly 18 hours with media a day, according to a new survey by Ipsos Media. About 30 percent of that time is spent perusing content created by their friends. That's nearly as much time as the averag...

Golden Apples of Strength

"Keep my teachings as the apple of your eye" (Prov. 7:2)As a teenager, I spent an inordinate amount of time playing basketball, and I had some wonderful coaches. One coach, who was deeply impactful in my l...

Youth Culture Lesson: Ultimate Easter Egg

Rare Treasure Bought for Scrap Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened: Several years ago, an American scrap dealer bought what he thought was...

Doorways of Hope

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock."In western Africa, there stands a dilapidated building overlooking the Atlantic ocean. The existing threshold of one doorway still stands. It is known as The Door of...