http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/ YouthWorker.com - Culture en-us Copyright 2009 - YouthWorker.com Salem Publishing - RSS Generator rss@YouthWorker.com rss@YouthWorker.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:43 GMT Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:43 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/ http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/ http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/ywj/system/gr/ywj_logo_rss.jpg 250 51 http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597352/ Here’s a look at how religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways from Kevin Eckstrom, editor of Religion News Service: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:45:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597352/ Here’s a look at how religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways from Kevin Eckstrom, editor of Religion News Service: http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597351/ Here’s Charisma magazine’s list of the Top Newsmakers of 2008: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:28:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597351/ Here’s Charisma magazine’s list of the Top Newsmakers of 2008: http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597350/ Here is the Religion Newswriters Association’s list of the year’s top 25 religion events as selected by journalists who cover religion for the mainstream press: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597350/ Here is the Religion Newswriters Association’s list of the year’s top 25 religion events as selected by journalists who cover religion for the mainstream press: http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597221/ Biola Media announces the return of the Biola Media Conference to the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, Calif., for its 2009 annual gathering. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:07:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11597221/ Biola Media announces the return of the Biola Media Conference to the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, Calif., for its 2009 annual gathering. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596864/ New Christian Voices today announced its Twelve Laughs of Christmas promotion, which will give away prize packages of clean comedy daily for the 12 days leading up to Christmas to readers of this new online... Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:17:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596864/ New Christian Voices today announced its Twelve Laughs of Christmas promotion, which will give away prize packages of clean comedy daily for the 12 days leading up to Christmas to readers of this new online... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596529/ Digital Publishing Corp. today announced the launch of www.NewChristianVoices.com, a new and unique online destination for Christian humor, inspiration and opinion. The non-denominational Christian humor... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596529/ Digital Publishing Corp. today announced the launch of www.NewChristianVoices.com, a new and unique online destination for Christian humor, inspiration and opinion. The non-denominational Christian humor... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596198/ Today, there are more than 40-million searches for churches on Google every month in the United States -- more than 100 searches per church per month. For this reason alone, a growing number of churches... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:26:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11596198/ Today, there are more than 40-million searches for churches on Google every month in the United States -- more than 100 searches per church per month. For this reason alone, a growing number of churches... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594617/ Immigration—forced and unforced, historic and contemporary—is an unavoidable part of American life. In centuries past, ministries were able to ignore this phenomenon; but immigration and immigrants no... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:22:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594617/ Daniel Clark Immigration—forced and unforced, historic and contemporary—is an unavoidable part of American life. In centuries past, ministries were able to ignore this phenomenon; but immigration and immigrants no... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594588/ “We must face the fact the church is still the most segregated major institution in America. At 11:00 on Sunday morning when we stand and sing, and Christ has no east or west, we stand at the most segregated... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:10:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594588/ Jennifer Bradbury “We must face the fact the church is still the most segregated major institution in America. At 11:00 on Sunday morning when we stand and sing, and Christ has no east or west, we stand at the most segregated... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594574/ Shaohannah's Hope, the adoption and orphan care ministry founded by Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, announces that to date, an astounding $761,582 had been donated to the Maria's Miracle Fund. Created... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:09:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11594574/ Shaohannah's Hope, the adoption and orphan care ministry founded by Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, announces that to date, an astounding $761,582 had been donated to the Maria's Miracle Fund. Created... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584241/ Today’s youth are practically hardwired into our media-centric world, absorbing terabytes of information every week. Want to know if Britney has custody of her kids these days? If Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop”... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:51:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584241/ Paul Asay Today’s youth are practically hardwired into our media-centric world, absorbing terabytes of information every week. Want to know if Britney has custody of her kids these days? If Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop”... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584200/ For those of us in youth ministry, the word feel (and all its relatives) is the “f-word” that should concern us the most, not because feelings are bad but because the growing reliance on feelings as the... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:07:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584200/ Walt Mueller For those of us in youth ministry, the word feel (and all its relatives) is the “f-word” that should concern us the most, not because feelings are bad but because the growing reliance on feelings as the... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584199/ Author Phyllis Tickle to Headline Emergent Conference; Support Charities Painlessly Through Shopping, Search Engine; Support Charities Painlessly Through Shopping, Search Engine; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:41:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584199/ Author Phyllis Tickle to Headline Emergent Conference; Support Charities Painlessly Through Shopping, Search Engine; Support Charities Painlessly Through Shopping, Search Engine; http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584198/ The nation’s biggest food and drink companies ponied up about $1.6 billion to advertise their products to kids in 2006, and critics say much of that cash went to push the unhealthiest of foods. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:30:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584198/ The nation’s biggest food and drink companies ponied up about $1.6 billion to advertise their products to kids in 2006, and critics say much of that cash went to push the unhealthiest of foods. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584197/ We all know watching lots of television isn’t exactly compatible with a healthy lifestyle. The more TV watched, the less we’re likely to exercise. The tube also, according to Canadian researchers,... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:21:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584197/ We all know watching lots of television isn’t exactly compatible with a healthy lifestyle. The more TV watched, the less we’re likely to exercise. The tube also, according to Canadian researchers,... http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584196/ America: Land of the free and home of the high? Pretty much, according to a new survey published in PLoS Medicine. According to the survey, 42 percent of U.S. residents have tried marijuana at least once. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:05:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584196/ America: Land of the free and home of the high? Pretty much, according to a new survey published in PLoS Medicine. According to the survey, 42 percent of U.S. residents have tried marijuana at least once. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584195/ A powerful doctor’s group is recommending some kids as young as 8 be given cholesterol-lowering drugs. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:52:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584195/ A powerful doctor’s group is recommending some kids as young as 8 be given cholesterol-lowering drugs. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584193/ Documentary filmmakers Pete Schuermann, Robb Watt and Nancy Theken know a thing or two about college-time drinking. They’re college grads, after all, and they were known to quaff a few drinks themselves. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:42:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584193/ Documentary filmmakers Pete Schuermann, Robb Watt and Nancy Theken know a thing or two about college-time drinking. They’re college grads, after all, and they were known to quaff a few drinks themselves. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584191/ For decades, scores of studies have suggested couples living together before getting married are more likely to get divorced. New data gleaned from the census suggests otherwise. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:35:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584191/ For decades, scores of studies have suggested couples living together before getting married are more likely to get divorced. New data gleaned from the census suggests otherwise. http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584189/ For the first time in 15 years, teen pregnancies ticked upward in 2006, according to a report from the National Institutes of Health. About 22 out of every 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 17 got... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:04:00 GMT http://www.youthworker.com/resources/culture/11584189/ For the first time in 15 years, teen pregnancies ticked upward in 2006, according to a report from the National Institutes of Health. About 22 out of every 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 17 got...