Post Tagged with: "teens"

/ April 14, 2013 11:59 pm

How to Find a Summer Job

Five Tips that Will Help You Bring in that Extra Cash By Keshia Smith 04/15/2013 Want some extra money for the summer? It’s time to start looking for a summer job! There are plenty of workplaces that are willing to take teens up on their request for employment. Some good places for teens to start looking would be retail, summer [...]

/ March 15, 2013 1:15 am

March Editorial: Happy Birthday B.L.O.G. Magazine™

The Healing Power of the Written Word By Tameka Williamson 03/01/2013   And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, so he may run that reads it. – Habakkuk 2:2 KJV   Writers, readers and supporters join together and sing with me…… “Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday [...]

/ February 14, 2013 11:59 pm

Holiness

Staying Pure in a Sex Filled World  By: Taylor Duckett 02/15/2013  “How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.” – Psalm 119:9 It is hard to be a teenager or young adult in today’s society. My generation is facing challenges and fighting battles that previous generations didn’t have to fight. We can turn on the news and [...]

/ October 19, 2012 11:59 pm

Changing Hearts, Changing Lives

Inspiring Tomorrows Leaders:  Jackie Brewton, CEO of MotivatioN3D, LLC By Myckelle P. Williams 10/20/2012   “I alone cannot change the world…but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” The above quote by humanitarian Mother Theresa epitomizes how Ms. Jackie Brewton views her mission in life—to create ripples among our youth that will educate, equip and [...]

/ September 30, 2012 11:59 pm

Leading By Example

How Letting Your Light Shine Can Change a Life By Brittney McCook 10/01/2012   “I want to be just like her!” For some it is Barbie, others “mommy”, or a pop star or an actor– someone they see as successful or simply pretty. Every little girl has  her role model; a woman she looks up to and hopes to become [...]

/ August 9, 2012 11:59 pm

Keeping Your Faith In Academia

Staying Connected to God Despite Daily Challenges in the Modern World By Taylor Duckett 07/15/2012 I attend a secular, research university in Miami. Miami is  a tough place to be a Christian, and I have even heard Miami referred to as the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. Originally, when I started school, keeping my faith alive was definitely not a [...]

/ August 1, 2012 2:11 am

The Miseducation Of Our Society

Being a Teen in Today’s “Educational Environment” By Briana Williams 8/1/2012 The standards for a proper educational environment and the negative effect that it has on the morality of teens each year is steadily on the up rise. What does it even mean to be a Christian teen these days while attending High School? The government has taken numerous strives [...]

/ July 9, 2012 11:59 pm

Book Review: Tuesday’s With Morrie

Lessons I Learned About Faith and Living…While Dying Author:  Mitch Albom Random House, 1997   By Briana Danielle Williams June 15, 2012 Rating: 5 STARS   Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1997 non-fiction novel by American writer Mitch Albom.  Forever ago, my mother asked me to read this book – I never did until a couple of days ago, yet [...]

/ July 9, 2012 11:59 pm

The Day He Gave Me Liberty

My Journey Back to Christ By Taylor Duckett July 1, 2012 My parents had me out of wedlock. My mother was in graduate school and my father was in the military. I was very much a surprise and initially not a welcomed one. My birth experience was not the easiest in the world. I was turned around inside my mother’s [...]

/ June 19, 2012 11:59 pm

Oh, For Petite’s Sake!

Making a Big Statement With Small Wardrobe Changes By Keshia Smith June 20, 2012   The height of the average 12-year-old girl is 60-63 inches. She weighs in at anywhere between 95 and 105lbs. Over the next five years she will likely grow four more inches as she adds another 25lbs. And then there’s me. I am 5 feet tall [...]