Setting Summer Technology Boundaries

Jun 9, 2014 | Parenting

If you are like my family, you love basking in the pleasure of summer break. There are no tests, science fair projects, homework, or anything else that resembles school. This also means your child is at home all day long, everyday, with lots of idle time on his or her...

Self-Worth in the Digital Age

Mar 19, 2014 | Student Ministry

If a group of friends hang out, and no one posts about it on social media . . . did it actually happen? Have we placed such a high priority on our online images that our real-life relationships begin to suffer? Sometimes, I wonder. There have been times when I have...

The Mess That Bears His Name

Mar 4, 2014 | Leadership

Social media. It shows the best of technology while simultaneously showing the worst of mankind. While flattening the world and connecting us in ways we never could have dreamed 30 years ago, it has also provided people an outlet to say anything and everything without...

Leveraging Social Media

Oct 10, 2013 | Student Ministry

I continue to hold onto and strive for my vision of a Student Ministry where our students are disciple-making machines. I can’t wait to see a day where most, if not all, of our students are comfortable and proactive in sharing their faith, bringing their friends...

How I Went From Being an Obsessive Social Networker to Signing Off Permanently

Feb 5, 2013 | Christian Living

“She didn’t even comment back. Come on, that was hilarious!” This was the mental dialogue I had with myself, bent over our computer desktop on a desk much too small to hold all our wired machinery, junk mail, and breakfast leftovers. Looking up from my...