Review: Don’t Stop Believin’

29dontPop Culture and Religion from Ben-Hur to Zombies

Granted: Elvis, Walt Disney, the Beatles, Star Wars, Madonna, Stephen King, The Simpsons, U2, Oprah qualify as theologically significant pop cultural icons of the past 60 years. But why did this book’s multiple authors (most of them affiliated with Fuller Theological Seminary) neglect Hugh Heffner, “All In the Family,” Woodstock, James Dobson, The Late Great Planet Earth, Bill Hybels/Willow Creek, Bruce Springsteen, and the religious right?

http://www.youthworker.com/reviews-for-youth-pastors/youth-ministry-books/11682805/

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Saving Kids from “Nature-Deficit Disorder”

richard-louv-lrgRichard Louv Says We’re Changing the Very Nature of Childhood

The majesty of creation has been the backdrop for humanity’s most enduring encounters with the divine. Moses met God on a mountaintop. John Wesley experienced his transformative warming of the heart after nearly losing his life at sea. But in his book, Last Child In the Woods, Louv says we technologically advanced citizens of the 21st century now live life indoors, and the consequences are killing us.

http://www.youthworker.com/youth-ministry-resources-ideas/youth-culture-news/11623992/

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