Youth Culture Today is a 60-second daily radio spot from CPYU and Walt Mueller, now available as a podcast. It provides a quick glance into the world of teenagers and today's youth culture for parents, youth workers and others who care about kids and want to help them navigate adolescence in ways that bring glory to God.
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Walt Mueller
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kids & family · religion & spirituality · society & culture
With school back in session and the fall school sports season in full swing, I want to take a minute to get you thinking about a health issue related to kids and sports. As parents, we need to be diligent about ensuring the physical safety of our kids and their bodies as it relates to concussions. God made the brain to be a complex organ. In recent years experts have been sounding the alarm about the short and long-term damage that concussions can do to the brain. A study in the journal Pediatrics suggests that the effects of a concussion may last longer than previously thought, a reality we should consider when we are pondering when to get our kids back on the field. Some concussions take months rather than a few weeks, to heal. It takes longer if the athlete has had a prior concussion. In a day and age when we value athletics and on-field achievement perhaps too much, think about the long-term effects that today’s decisions might have on your kids.
10 Sept 2026
The Joy of Depending on God
Think for a moment about the trying times parenting throws your way. If you’re involved in youth ministry or some other activity with teenagers, think about the hard times you’ve encountered in that role. Can you say like the Apostle Paul, “We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom so that we present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.” What role do you allow God to play? I know all too well from my own history and experience that I often fail to live in total dependence on God. I’ve tried to parent my own children and minister to other kids with my own efforts and willpower. I find myself tired, burned out, and defeated. True dependence on God requires that we recognize our need to have our lives radically reoriented and reorganized by God. We need His guidance and enabling every minute of every day in every area of our lives. Ask God to give you the gift of dependence on Him.
9 Sept 2026
Raising Children Marked by Integrity
The dictionary defines integrity as “firm adherence to a code of moral values” and “the quality of being complete or undivided.” Integrity describes a life that is united in a complete and consistent whole. An intregrated life is one where words, thoughts and actions consistently reflect the will of God for our lives. It is a life where one’s faith in God is woven in and through every area of life, including all that one does. . . even when no one else is looking. What can we do to counter the loss of integrity in today’s youth culture and lives of our kids? First, take stock of yourself and take corrective action where necessary. Second, map out a lifestyle of 24/7 integrity where your faith intersects with and permeates all of life. Live out your faith in your marriage, vocation, play, media use, sexuality, and conversation. And finally, map out a life of integrity for your kids by pointing out and challenging their duplicity in the context of a loving and supportive relationship.
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