Screen Time and Friends
Last week, our nine year-old son started talking about American Idol. We don’t watch “A.I.” so I asked how he knew so much about it…
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Sticky Faith Summit Day #1
In 2010, we have 12 churches who are part of our Sticky Faith Learning Cohort, which largely revolves around our FYI College Transition Project research. Yesterday we started a three-day summit here in Pasadena with teams from Highland Park…
Your View of Parents
I’ve been reading Reggie Joiner’s great book, Think Orange
Spiritual Catalysts
In Think Orange
Fight for a Kid
Just like in yesterday’s blog I’m going to basically transcribe a story from Reggie Joiner’s Think Orange
My Initial Concern about Reggie Joiner’s Orange
When I first heard about Reggie Joiner’s “orange” philosophy, my first concern was that he didn’t value the impact of non-family adults in a kids’ life.
Think Orange
A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention. One of my favorite aspects of the convention is…
Question #3 for Frantic Families
The Powell family isn’t a frantic family but we are busy. And we have those moments of franticness.
Question #2 for Frantic Families
Yesterday I introduced The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
3 Big Questions for Frantic Families
As soon as my friend, Nancy, mentioned the title of the book, The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family