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web 2.0 suicide: are your students on the digital ledge?

Jan 11, 2010 | Featured, Pop Culture, social networking, technology

The term social suicide is one that has been around for awhile. I looked up the most popular definition on The Urban Dictionary and this is the one that rose to the top: SOCIAL SUICIDE: commiting an act or acts that alienates one from their social scene or social circle to kill ...

When befriend…moves to unfriend. How to handle a digital diss.

Nov 17, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Pop Culture, social networking

It's not something I am proud of, but I did a search for someone that I needed to get in touch with the other day, and I knew that I had been facebook friends with them...but I couldn't find them in my friends list.  I did another search and it ...

Silly bandz: A Nashville trend? or have you seen this too?

Nov 16, 2009 | Featured, Pop Culture

I'm interested to know if this trend is local or national. The trend: wearing these rubber bracelets that when pulled off of your wrist take on the shape of an animal or symbol. Our girls are going crazy over them and it's the first trend I've seen in a long ...

Princess deconstruction

Nov 13, 2009 | Girls Ministry, Pop Culture

Some of my friends in ministry know that I have an on-going dialogue to challenge the princess perception problem that is seeping into our churches. So they sent me the following link deconstructing the Disney Princesses and Princes. I'm putting this up here just for conversation. They were being funny ...

A New moon (Twilight) video cliff note edition.

Nov 4, 2009 | Featured, Moms, Pop Culture, Twilight

Well it's November. Not only is it "No-shave-mber", it's also the month many teenaged girls have been counting down the days for because it holds the release of the new Twilight Saga movie: New Moon.  Yes the anticipation has been building. You will start seeing the Twitter trending include ...

Twilight wins MTV best movie. Check out the New Moon trailer.

Jun 1, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Pop Culture, Twilight

Keeping you up to date on the Twilight happenings. If you want to see the trailer for the new movie, here it is.  We'll be sure to give you a girlsminister.com review on book 2 before the movie so you can be ready to discuss before 11.20.09.

Dora the explorer grows up…what’s she looking for now?

May 13, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Moms, Pop Culture

Have you heard recently about Dora the Explorer getting a new look? Dora the Explorer is growing up. The bilingual pre-school favorite is getting a tween makeover thanks to Mattel and Nickelodeon. Besides having a new line of toys and products to sell, Mattel wants Dora to age with her audience and “experience the ...

Girls Minister on the road: The Twilight Episode

Apr 29, 2009 | Girls Ministry, Moms, Pop Culture, Twilight

Girls Minister on the Road: The Twilight edition pt 1 from Amy Jo Girardier on Vimeo. This is a brief and not complete synopsis of the twilight book 1 for dads, youth ministers, and moms that don't have time to read the book. I do encourage you to read the ...

GIRLS MINISTER POP CULTURE MOMENT: if you seek amy, you won’t find her.

Apr 29, 2009 | Girls Ministry, Music, Pop Culture

Well Britney has done it again. It was earlier this month that I was working out at the gym with my bootcamp friends and our trainer turned on a song.  Chris, one of the guys, commented on the song to divert us from the pain we were experiencing during ...

Twilight: a discussion for moms and daughters.

Apr 10, 2009 | Featured, Moms, Pop Culture, Twilight

MOMS, HERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS YOU NEED TO HAVE WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS THAT ARE READING THE TWILIGHT SERIES: As I write this, I just finished book 3 of The Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyers. I am aware that I am not a teenaged girl and so some of you may ...

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