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Sunday, December 10th, 2006A grueling, if lucrative, work week? Or the amount of time average Americans ages 13-18 spend consuming electronic media? “Teen life has become a theatrical, self-directed media production.” Additional findings: + 1/3 of teens own iPods, up from 1 percent in 2003 + More than half own Sony’s PlayStation 2 + 1/3 own an original [...]
A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006Two years ago, in my pre-blog life, Here’s Life Inner City graciously allowed me to attend their national staff training on “A Framework for Understanding Poverty.” The material came from Dr. Ruby Payne’s book by the same title. For people who care about working with the poorest of the poor, the materials are excellent. Downloads [...]
It Boys
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006“He is one of New York’s ‘it’ boys of the moment, partying late at night and finding little use for a day job.” Ugh.
One Punk Under God
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006A NYC bus ad turned me onto it this morning: One Punk Under God, an upcoming reality show on Sundance Film Channel featuring “The Prodigal Son of Jim and Tammy Faye.” Jay Bakker was a keynote speaker (download audio) at Urban Youth Workers Institute the same year as me. Now he’s got his own show [...]
Sadistic celebs gone wild
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006+ Kramer from Seinfeld: “You see, there’s still those words, those words, those words.” Unbelievable that any 21st century American, especially one formerly loved as one of the great sit-com characters of all-time, could erupt in such a vile display of hatred and utter stupidity. He joins a long list of celebs who’ve crossed racist [...]
Friday Miscellany
Friday, November 17th, 2006+ Too Freaky? “Freak Dancing,†where teens on dance floors grind up against each other in simulated sex acts, has been banned by an Orange County high school. Too little too late? + Was Borat’s filmmaking criminal? + Publisher claims she set up OJ. Or is she exploiting his victims for profit? + Does anyone [...]
Jesus dolls no longer a sin
Friday, November 17th, 2006Toys for Tots reversed a prior decision by agreeing to accept a donation of 4,000 talking Jesus dolls. Earlier this week, Toys for Tots had rejected the gift claiming the dolls might offend some recipients — somehow overlooking the connection between Christ and Christmas. rachel movies azianifull movie dbzmovies adult indianmovie archives celebrity nudeshowgirls movie [...]
Redefining “Christian”
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006On why being “Christian” is not enough. HT: Shift Conference Blog
Rock of Faith: Christian Bands Now a Crossover Miracle
Monday, September 18th, 2006Interesting article in Sunday’s NY Post: “Not long ago, a rock star acknowledging his Christianity was akin to a saint bathing in meat tenderizer before being tossed to the lions. … “Or, as pop-culture blog The Talent Show puts it: ‘Christian rock is stereotypically the kind of crap that offends music fans as well as [...]
Study: Raunchy Lyrics Prompt Teens To Have Sex
Monday, August 7th, 2006No surprises here: Teens who said they listened to lots of music with degrading sexual messages were almost twice as likely to start having intercourse or other sexual activities within the following two years as were teens who listened to little or no sexually degrading music. Among heavy listeners, 51 percent started having sex within [...]
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