Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast

If you track at all with what’s happening in today’s youth culture, you’re hearing a lot about loneliness, distraction, social media addiction, and mental health issues. What we yearn for more than anything else here at CPYU is to see our kids flourish by coming to faith in Jesus Christ and being nurtured into a lifetime of biblically-faithful, whole-life Christian Discipleship. And we know, that teaching our kids to live in God’s Word is absolutely vital. That’s why, we’re talking about the need for bible study and a helpful new devotional resource to put in the hands of the kids you and love, on this episode of Youth Culture Matters.

In his letter to the Philippians, the Apostle Paul writes these words: "And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with all knowledge and discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ." One of the greatest needs in the church, home, and youth ministries today is the need to teach our kids to become wise and discerning. On this episode of Youth Culture Matters, we're talking about a helpful tool that can be used over and over again as we endeavor to train our kids to discern truth from error as they grow up in a media saturated world.

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I share about how to prioritize nurturing your kids' faith as we launch into another busy and distraction-filled school year.

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I share about our need to be willing to release our kids in to service of the Lord.

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I share about raising discerning kids.

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I share about helping your kids develop what's called "habitus."

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I talk about our need to raise "weak" kids.

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I talk about rewiring the rewiring.

The U.S. Surgeon General just dropped a massive warning on what’s trending with our kids regarding screen time, and the message it sends on how screen-time is impacting our children and teens is a wake-up call for all of us. Today, on this episode of youth culture matters, I chat with three youthworkers to break down the reports data and recommendations, and to strategize about how we can best respond for the good of our kids, and God’s glory. 

What does it mean to thrive as a youth worker in today’s rapidly changing youth culture? And what are the best practices we can employ to insure that we are faithfully serving the Lord in this high calling of ministering to students? We’re tackling those questions and more as I chat with a trio of seasoned youth workers from the National Network of Youth Ministries – Wayne Morgan, Travis Deans, and Tony Villafane, on this episode of Youth Culture Matters.