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Lisa Eldred is the Educational Content Strategist at Covenant Eyes, and has 10 years of experience in researching and writing about porn addiction and recovery. She has authored numerous blog posts and ebooks, including More Than Single, Hobbies and Habits, and New Fruit, which was co-authored with Crystal Renaud Day. Her writing about faith and fandoms can be found at Love Thy Nerd.

Moving Past the Placebo: Using Reports to Develop Deeper Accountability Relationships

When should you fire your Accountability Partner? Tim, a reader of the Covenant Eyes blog, raised this question shortly after he added an additional Accountability Partner. His original Partners were failing him in three ways:…

How Porn is Ruining Our Future…and What We Can Do About It

In the recent summer blockbuster The Avengers, the character Captain America has been recently awoken from a 70-year sleep. Throughout the film is a running gag about how out-of-touch he is with modern life; he…

5 Tips to Accountability on Smartphones

Until recently, there was an app called “Girls Around Me” that consolidated public data from Facebook and Foursquare and listed the females (or males) nearby. It was legal, if creepy, and it was the perfect…

Study: Violent video games alter brain functions in young men

The debate has been raging for years as to whether violent video games actually result in violent behavior. Intuitively, it seems that it would. However, researchers like Henry Jenkins* and Cheryl Olson have found few…

4 Reasons Accountability is Critical for Singles

“It is not good for man to be alone.” If you’re at all familiar with this verse, you’re probably used to hearing it in the context of marriage. Perhaps you’ve heard it in a sermon…

Who Profits from the .XXX Domain?

The scene opens with provocatively dressed women popping balloons using their stiletto heels. A nerdy researcher asks them why they now use the .xxx domain. “Trust me,” says one woman. “It’s a thing.” The researcher turns…

Addicted to Facebook and Paying the Price

11.5% of students are “hyper-networkers” This article is published in Table Talk, a new series on the Covenant Eyes blog. These news highlights are designed as conversation starters on Internet safety for you and your children. Read…

Internet Cookies: A Recipe for Disaster?

Recently, Facebook has been under fire because of a “bug” in their system. According to PCWorld the bug violated Facebook users’ privacy, and Congress even asked the Federal Trade Commission to step in and investigate.…

Facebook Facelift: A guide to understanding the changes to your profile

If you have been using Facebook for any length of time, you’re aware that they change their layout and privacy settings frequently. With the introduction of Google+ as a competitor in July, Facebook has been…