http://www.faithd.com Youth, Church and Culture Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:57:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every once in a while I come across something I have to post, not because it's interesting, but because it literally exists nowhere else on the Web.  This is one of those times.  I was reading tonight for comprehensive tests when I came across this quote attributed to Augustine: "It is ... http://www.faithd.com/2009/08/10/misquoting-augustine-since-1570/ A 10-minute cut of Growing Up Online. view here. http://www.faithd.com/2009/03/22/growing-up-online/ In 1980, Ronald Reagan's sweeping victory against Jimmy Carter brought a new American politics to the fore. Among the words and ideas that came to define the 1980s were jelly beans, Moral Majority, free-market capitalism, trickle-down economics, Star Wars Defense, and Glasnost. But one word, curiously, was absent from Reagan's ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/11/05/the-return-of-sacrifice-to-presidential-politics/ "While past generations may have described their developmental hopes for teenagers through words such as holiness, faithfulness, and maturity, there seems to be a contemporary preference for authenticity. We want teenagers to be real." Pizza Cheese and Christianity: Everybody Wants to be Real In the 1980s Domino’s Pizza rose to national prominence ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/24/made-real-toward-a-theological-model-of-adolescent-authenticity-part-1-of-6/ When my wife gave birth last month she received a copy of Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions as a gift and took to reading it while feeding the baby.  You have to know my wife, but I figured she'd hate it.  Swearing doesn't go far with her, whereas Lamott sprinkles the ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/23/anne-lamott-in-princeton-feb-28-2/ That's the headline this afternoon on an undoubtedly sensationalized Marketwire press release with a dateline of Jerusalem, Israel. Actually the full headline is: Princeton Conference Vindicates Associated Producers James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici on "Lost Tomb of Jesus" (Which is actually significantly different and somewhat more comical, but wouldn't fit in ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/17/princeton-conference-vindicates-lost-tomb-of-jesus/ On Friday, for the first time in 100 years, snow fell in Baghdad.  Apparently violence in the city nearly ceased Friday as well. I'm in the middle of writing final papers, so postings will continue to be sparse in the days to come.  But my paper-induced doldrums were lifted for ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/13/it-snowed-in-baghdad/ I picked up a copy of Bill Hybels small group Bible study, Authenticity, this morning. I'm currently researching the Christian fascination (or infatuation) with the word authenticity. Hybels' Bible study seemed like one obvious avenue to explore in trying to figure out how Christians employ the word with ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/08/saddleback-magic-and-willow-voodoo/ [googlevideo:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-471165700572371307] Update: The entire documentary is now available for online viewing! Rarely do I get excited about documentaries, but last night I stumbled across one that is a "must watch" for youth ministers. 21 Up in America is the third installment of a little-known documentary project following the lives of 14 ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/07/21-up-america-a-must-watch-documentary/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_I8aR8pbiE] I have to admit this commercial is terribly funny and rather brilliant (props to YSMarko). And, yet, how odd it is that we all get the cultural references being made; it's still further evidence that pop culture has been transformed by YouTube. Meanwhile, I'm intrigued that this is a commercial ... http://www.faithd.com/2008/01/06/dont-tase-me-such-as-leave-her-alone-when-life-is-a-youtube-video/