Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller

In a recent blog post for Salvo magazine, Robin Phillips asserts that education is in crisis, and one of the causes seems to be ChatGPT. He says that the problem is quite simple: our kids and our edu…

When I was kid, whenever I would lament not having what the neighbor kids had my dad would address my envy by repeating the old cliché about the dangers of trying to keep up with the Jones’s. In a re…

You be you is a current cultural mantra which encourages our kids to embrace, pursue, and become their authentic selves. Our kids are learning that to become their authentic selves, they are to follo…

Today, I want to pass on an update about the newest developments regarding concussions and our kids. A concussion is considered a mild traumatic brain injury. It results from a jolt or blow to the he…

All this week we’ve been looking at Paul Tripp’s new book, Reactivity: How The Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, and what it means to respect the dignity of others, especially as we and ou…

All this week we are looking at Paul Tripp’s new book, Reactivity: How The Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, and what it means to respect the dignity of others, remembering that all human …

All this week we are looking at Paul Tripp’s new book, Reactivity: How The Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, and what it means to respect the dignity of others, as all human beings are div…

All this week we are looking at Paul Tripp’s new book, Reactivity: How The Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, and what it means to respect the dignity of others, as all human beings are div…

In his wonderful and helpful new book, Reactivity: How the Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions, Paul Tripp offers up biblically-centered and faithful guidance on how to best glorify God as we…

Those of us who embraced the Christian faith during our childhood and teenage years have memories of how hard it was to live faithful lives in a midst of a culture that encouraged us to do otherwise.…

Late last month, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory report on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. As expected, the report holds back a bit, being somewhat cautionary regarding making concl…

In a recent letter to First Things magazine, Mother of six Gina Loehr offered up these helpful words to share with our kids. “Femininity is not a measure of fashion choices or makeup usage. Drag quee…

The CDC’s recently released bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data on American teenagers offers a look into what our kids believe and how they are behaving on a variety of matters. Pa…

Recently, I’ve been taking some time to read through, study, and consider the ten commandments. One of the commandments that I believe it is important for us to revisit ourselves and with our familie…

In case you’ve been wondering where your kids are spending their time on social media, the latest survey data from Pew Research offers some insights. YouTube is the most popular social media platform…

What should we be teaching our kids about what it means to live as a Christian in today’s world? Can they just live as they please, following the course of this world while believing if they raised t…

It was way back in 2011 that MIT Professor Sherry Turkle released her ground-breaking book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. Turkle was writing about the g…

Back when I was a teenager, there was a growing movement in the church to steer kids away from popular music that referenced things like drugs, sex, and violence. Many parents and youth workers were …

The American Psychological Association has released a new set of recommendations regarding teenagers and their use of social media. Likening social media use to getting behind the wheel of a car, APA…

Today, I’d like to remind you of the passage in Deuteronomy six that’s known as the Shema. Listen carefully to these inspired words to parents. “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our god, the Lord is one. You…