Music Discussions

Before You Go

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As a young boy in Scotland, Lewis Capaldi tragically lost his aunt to suicide. Years later, he wrote the song Before You Go, asking difficult questions about how to help somebody who is struggling with these or other dark thoughts...
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owning-their-faith
Tony, a high school boy in our ministry, begged me to let him speak at youth group. He said that he felt like he needed to tell his friends about Jesus and the incredible difference Jesus made in his life...
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let-them-lead
When COVID shut down our in-person youth ministry, I challenged my youth to record a one-minute devotional video, and each day I would send one of them out to the group...
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taking-a-stand-on-tiktok
In these two short TikTok videos, teen influencer Cash Baker calls out two groups while taking a stand for his faith. Was he right? How can Christians take a firm stand on their convictions and faith…but do so in a respectful and gentle manner?
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Music Discussions

My Future

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Popular recording artist Billie Eilish’s My Future is described as a song contemplating her past and the effects it had on her outlook on life and the future. Eilish declares she is ready to put the past behind her, but it raises the question of what it really means to find hope in our troubles. Eilish has endured some...
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