Conclusion of my media fast
Saturday night marked the conclusion of my media fast: no TV, video games, or secular music for one week. The whole experience was pretty eye-opening for me…
My high school guys are still going strong
I was pleased to find out tonight that all the high school guys are still going strong on their commitment to no TV, video games or secular music for a week. We…
The increasing shock value in media
A couple people wanted to see this video, so here it is. It was shown at the Acquire The Fire student conference last weekend here in Dallas. Sorry for the poor…
My plan to stand against negative influences
Today was the second full day of going without television, video games, or secular music. I am honestly shocked at how this has forced a change in thought…
Battle Cry experiment
Following the Battle Cry event, the youth group high school guys who were present piled into my car and immediately started discussing the conference, its…
Ron Luce on the O’Reilly Factor
I just returned home from Acquire The Fire’s Battle Cry conference here in Dallas. Before leaving on Friday I read several news articles and blogs on how…
Why I stay away from MySpace
MySpace.com isn’t fairing so well lately. PC World reported last weekend a summary of the bad news the site is receiving lately. Granted, it’s the…
33 year old youth worker goes back to high school
Every youth pastor out there needs to keep up with this: www.twoweeksback.com.
Scott Greene, a youth pastor in Indiana, is going back to high school as a…
Define “hooking up”
Dana and I had this conversation in the car several days ago and, after reading this blog entry, I must confess that she is right and I am wrong. (I think she…
Preparing for Da Vinci Code
A couple weeks ago I posted about how I need to address the tough issues in youth group that students will face once they graduate. Based on Dan Kimball’s…