Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever. But the online pinboard has a dark side where people are showing off more than recipes and muscle cars. Created as a site to “organize and share what you love,” Pinterest has seen exponential growth since its start…
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5 Tips for Online Dating for Single Christians
There are pros and cons to online dating. Pro: There are great people online (I have found them, know them, and am one of them). Pro: For someone immersed in a career or ministry, online dating can open up opportunities that normally would not exist. Pro: There is intention. There is…
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How to Monitor Apps on Your Child’s Device
We live in a mobile world and as such, parents are buying their children iPod touches, Android tablets, and smartphones. It simply is what people do nowadays. But what are parents really giving their children access to? What can they do with that device? The scary answer is: anything they…
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The Serious Comedy of Keith Deltano
Keith Deltano stands before hundreds of high school students mocking the locker-room talk so many guys engage in. Many male teens face the peer pressure to prove their masculinity by sleeping around: “When are you going to be a real man?” Deltano shouts, “You tell that loser: ‘My dog had…
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Fighting Lust: The Myth of Gray Areas Online
It’s easy for us to draw big bold lines around things we know are wrong. We know pornography is wrong, but we have a hard time drawing the line at what “technically” is pornography. It’s the same issue we went through several years ago with sex. Many people can say…
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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 to his busty assistant to leave. “Actually,” she replies, “I’m going to stay.” The ad…
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The Cost of Technology
Indian head pennies and Victory Gardens were still in circulation when I was born, less than five years after General Eisenhower sent an army across the English Channel. By 1955, I was six and starting to recognize the more serious conversations of adults. Despite the hardships, deaths, and frustrations of…
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The Debate Over Net Neutrality Continues
The issue of “net neutrality” has been hotly debated for years. On December 21, the FCC issued a new order, hoping to preserve an “open network” for consumers and investors, but not everyone is convinced their new rules solve any of the problems around net neutrality. What is Net…
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Are Teens Making Homemade Porn?
“Research reveals many systemic effects of Internet pornography that are undermining an already vulnerable culture of marriage and family. Even more disturbing is the fact that the first Internet generations have not reached full-maturity, so the upper-limits of this impact have yet to be realized.” – Jill Manning, Sociologist –…
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Becoming Belle Knox: Behind-the-Scenes Life of a Porn Star
“I’m a porn star, ex-cutter, rape victim. That’s a lot of baggage for one person to carry…I’m just taking things day by day, and I’m just as confused as every other person out there. There’s…so much that’s unresolved, that I don’t have answers for. There’s obviously some reason this has…