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Posted on: 07/21/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Canadian TV show 100 Huntley Street interviewed me a couple times for their TV show… they posted the first interview earlier this year… and they just released the second interview.
Host Maggie John asks me about becoming your kids “Go-to” person about sex.
Here’s the interview:
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Posted on: 07/14/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
About 25 years ago I volunteered as a small group leader in the high school ministry of my church. It was there I met my friend Lorin, a man in his twenties who was discipling three teenage boys.
We love to throw that word “discipling” around, so let me describe precisely what Lorin did. Lorin met with these three teens once a week, encouraging them, praying with them, and studying the Bible-with these three he chose the books of I and II Timothy. After some time, the boys were so inspired by the teachings of II Timothy that they decided to memorize it… the whole book! So Lorin and the three boys Continue reading “Who’s Your Timothy?”
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Posted on: 07/9/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Rihanna released a brand new music video this month that is already causing a stir. The world would describe this scandalous video as shrewd marketing. Others, “art”…
Me?
I call it “selling out.”
Regardless, Rihanna knew that the over-the-top violence, nudity and even racial hatred would ruffle feathers… and garner web traffic!
The explicit video is heading toward 20 million views already.
And music videos like this always stir up a question I hear at literally every one of my parent workshops:
“How can I block this stuff from my kid’s phone?”
That’s why I just wrote a brand new Parenting Help article on TheSource4Parents.com titled “Filtering Rihanna.” This article provides Continue reading “Filtering Rihanna’s BBHMM”
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Posted on: 07/7/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
The dust (and pink confetti) is slowly settling since the June 26th Supreme Court decision to legalize same sex marriage in all 50 states. The question is, how are Christians responding?
Barna released a fascinating glimpse last week revealing that not only Americans, but different denominations land all over the spectrum on this issue. For example, 53% of Catholics favor the Supreme Court’s decision (strongly or somewhat), where only 2% of Barna’s definition of an Evangelical favor the decision. At the same time, most the country seems to agree this decision was inevitable.
Barna breaks it down nicely on this chart Continue reading “How Christians React to the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage”
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Posted on: 06/30/15 5:44 AM | by Jonathan McKee
I love Andy Stanley, and since my passion is to provide parents with good parenting tools… this video is a gold mine!
The video is an interview with Andy Stanley about parenting middle schoolers– a great free piece to show as a parent training tool.
I love his answers on so many of these topics. Sound familiar? Continue reading “Andy Stanley on Parenting Middle Schoolers”
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Posted on: 06/23/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
It’s the most effective question provoking discussion with teenagers. Three simple words: Was he right?
Whenever you encounter something debatable or controversial, just ask the question. Don’t lecture. Just ask and be quiet. It gets young people talking and adults listening… something beneficial to any adult/kid relationship.
It’s like this:
You read an article about Bruce Jenner… like this one: The High Cost of “Sexual Freedom” on “Caitlyn” Jenner’s Family, an article sure to stir up a discussion with opinions on both sides. Then ask the question.
Was this author right?
Maybe throw another article in the mix, an article with a slightly different tone. Like this Continue reading “Was he right?”
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Posted on: 06/17/15 3:38 PM | by Jonathan McKee
Quality movies have been difficult to find of late. I’m a big “movie buff” and lately I actually find myself going to the theatre less and less, not because of time or money… but because of lack of selection.
Enter Jurassic World stage left.
I was interested in this one from the first preview. Maybe it’s because I remember the feeling sitting in the theatre next to my wife in 1993 and seeing those dinosaurs looking so lifelike I felt like I was truly visiting Jurassic Park.
Then the disappointing sequels.
Then a decade without Continue reading “Loving Jurassic World”
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Posted on: 06/11/15 5:44 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Last week a brand new set of books hit the shelves that are SO SKINNY…. any youth worker can read them!
Yeah, even that one intern!
Group Publishing had a creative idea of grabbing 6 authors on 6 vital youth ministry subjects. I was blessed to be one of those authors—writing “The Skinny on Volunteers.” Then Mark Oestreicher wrote Continue reading “They are just so… SKINNY!”
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Posted on: 06/9/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
My fall is almost booked solid, but I might be already coming to your area. So take a quick glance at my speaking calendar and see if your church would like to take advantage of any of these openings when I’m already near you… starting next weekend in…
SoCal
Next weekend I’m going to be in SoCal speaking at Pacific Coast Church in San Clemente, CA on Sunday, June 14th. First I’ll be teaching a FREE parenting workshop from 3-5PM. Then I’ll be training youth leaders from Continue reading “Coming to SoCal, Little Rock, Louisville…and more”
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Posted on: 06/4/15 5:45 AM | by Jonathan McKee
We were bored and looking for something to do for the day, something… different.
20+ years as a youth worker, I go back to my youth worker connections when I want to do something fun with my girls and their friends, so that’s why I called my friend Craig over at Rock-N-Water here in NorCal. So Monday, seven of us went white-water rafting on some Class III rapids.
So fun!!! Continue reading “Somethin’ a lil’ different with my teenagers”
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