Evidently, I just don’t get it.  When my girls text their friends while they’re talking to me; when they attempt to text their friends during dinner (which is not allowed in our home by the way); or when they invite a girlfriend over and then sit next to each other for hours in silence and [...]

On Friday, I posted a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada. She works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they published her shocking rant. Below is one mom’s response to [...]

As a father of four teenagers, this made my blood boil.  The following is a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada.  Evidently, she works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they recently [...]

My 14-year old daughter, Alexis, overheard me the other day talking about my blog, and she asked me when I was going to write something about her.  I told her that I didn’t know what I would write about her, and besides, I said that people might find it kind of odd that I would [...]

The associate pastor who works with our youth sent this to me yesterday, and after watching it, I HAD to post it on my blog.  If you’ve ever been in youth ministry, then this might be the funniest thing you’ve seen in a long time.  And even if you’ve never worked with youth, you’ll still [...]

I’ve gone back to my spiritual roots this week.  I’m in Gambier, Ohio on the campus of Kenyon College speaking to 300 high school students at an annual regional youth conference now called “Velocity.”  It began for me 27 years ago when I attended this very conference at a place called “Miracle Camp” outside of [...]

It’s a statistic that haunts Christian parents all across the country:  65%-85% of churched kids will walk away from the Christian faith during their early adult years.
These are kids that have grown up in the church. Anywhere from six to eight out of every ten kids in your church youth group will wander away from [...]

I do not watch The Oprah Winfrey Show. Let me repeat: I do not watch The Oprah Winfrey Show!
I’m a man, and men are not supposed to watch Oprah. However,a while back, I was made aware that Oprah would be doing a show about fathers…and so with great reluctance, I watched.
It did feel weird. I [...]

I’ve been intrigued lately by a relatively new band called, Kings of Leon.  Their latest album entitled, Only By the Night, is musically unique (and in my opinion, exceptional).
However, it’s not just the music that intrigues me, it’s the story of the guys in the band.  Three of the four members were born and raised [...]

Teens should be taught by their Christian parents, Christian schools, and churches to behave themselves and act like Christ’s representatives in these types of scenarios rather than avoid them altogether.