We know that the college years can be a time when young people walk away from their faith, but what about the teen years? A recent survey of teens and faith – the National Study of Youth and Religion – has some results that might surprise you. In a recent article for CNN, Kenda Creasy [...] Read More >

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Everyone is talking about Katrina Darrell’s American Idol audition last night, but they’re not talking about her voice.  Dressed in only a bikini she certainly got noticed.  This morning a search for “American Idol + bikini” gets 1.5million hits.   If she was looking for her 15 minutes of fame she found it.  Whatever happens with [...] Read More >

Tags: american idol, attention, Culture, Talk, TV
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This Sunday millions will watch as the Oscars are handed out for the eighty-second time. I will probably watch, although I find the choice of hosting duo Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin a dubious one.  Couldn’t they let Steve handle it alone? I miss Billy Crystal and his musical monologue. An article in the New [...] Read More >

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Do you remember all the buzz surrounding The Da Vinci Code? I remember reading the book and thinking, “that’s it?”  I never understood why people got so worked-up over a work of fiction.   For me, a novel doesn’t have a lot of impact on my personal faith.  But back in the heady days of the [...] Read More >

Tags: angels & demons, books, fiction, Movies, the da vinci code
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Pornography is a multibillion dollar industry, but you won’t find it on your iphone, at least not officially. Several sites, include Techland.com (a subsidiary of Time) reported a series of emails between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and one unsatisfied customer, Ryan Tate.  In the emails Tate asks Jobs what he think Bob Dylan (a hero [...] Read More >

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There’s been a lot of news lately about Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James. It saddens me that they are just the latest in a long, long line of celebrities who have had to live their marital issues in pubic.  I know that it is part of being famous, but it seems especially cruel [...] Read More >

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If someone teases you and you are hurt by it who is at fault? Is it your fault for “not being able to laugh at yourself” or for “always taking things too seriously”? Or is it the fault of the teaser? Have they tried to be funny and only succeeded in being mean.  Is saying [...] Read More >

Tags: children, Family, family relationships, joking, self-esteem, tease, teasing
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I was both surprised and deeply saddened by a video on CNN this morning that asked “Has Porn Hijacked Sexuality?” The video shows an interview between CNN anchor John Roberts and author and sociologist Gail Dines.  Dines is the author of the book Pornland which looks at the effect of pornography on people’s view of [...] Read More >

Tags: CNN, Culture, marriage, porn, pornland, pornography, relationships, sex, sex and love, World
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Leah is the Editor of Thelife.com. She has been working with Truthmedia Internet Group for three years. Leah also maintains a personal blog. She posts a lot. Sheldon has been building websites since 1996. He manages a crew of programmers and designers for TruthMedia Internet Group. Sheldon also maintains a personal blog. He’s the geek. [...] Read More >

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We’ve all heard the stat that 50% of marriages end in divorce. It’s a horrible number, so much heartache in that one statistic.  But researchers are now saying that there’s more reason to hope.  Walking down the aisle doesn’t have to feel like flipping a coin. Jennifer Baker, the researcher who is credited, erroneously she [...] Read More >

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