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A Casual Observer

A Casual Observer

http://cschaffner.blogspot.com

Blogging about the world of teenagers and the adults who try to help them. Cultural influences and its effects on them.

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  • Our Way Or Their Way?

    Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 09:24 in adolescence, systemic abandonment

    The thing I find most interesting about clusters is how thoroughly this phenomenon affects the student community. In fact, in the high schools I have visited, there is no longer any such thing as a "student community."Unfortunately, the adults who ar...

  • All Consuming Thesis and Internship

    Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 09:48 in update

    UPDATE:Just a quick note to let all my loyal readers know I haven't abandoned this blog I am just neck deep in school. I'm finishing up my thesis on human behavior and preparing for an internship that will likely take over my life for the next year....

  • Oh Smite Me, Oh Mighty Smiter!

    Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 05:28 in Church, fundamentalism, conservatism

    I've recently had some heated conversations with my more "conservative" friends on the issue of homosexuality. Almost always they pull out this verse from Leviticus: "If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what ...

  • The Church and Aldous Huxley

    Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 22:35 in Church, 1984, brave new world

    The following is from the forward to the classic novel "Amusing Ourselves To Death" by Neil Postman.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year c...

  • Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 23:39 in Church, pastors, apathy

    This might sound pessimistic, but it just doesn't seem as if we're (the Church) is getting anything done. I don't see a lot of love or compassion, and rarely do we read about the church reaching into the human gutter of sin and puling people out. J...

  • It's all relative to the size of your steeple...

    Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2008 at 20:33 in Church

    Most contemporary Christians mistakenly view the church building as a necessary part of worship. Therefore, they never question the need to financially support a building and its maintenance.The church edifice demands a vast infusion of money. In t...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 2 comments.

hsaxton

5 stars Heidi Hess Saxton

This is a site every parent of a teenager should keep on their short list of "must read" blogs. The author approaches the issues teens face with a matter-of-fact manner that is hard to find among those who take the spiritual life seriously. This author manages to balance both the need ... and the solution.

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maccasenior

5 stars Peter McCartney

A great site dedicated to helping the youth of today.

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