I've been reading Clay Shirky's new book Cognitive Surplus. The book is challenging my thinking on the impact of social networking and all things digital on society. In the book, Shirky notes that people in the United States spend 200 billion hours a year watching TV and it took only 100 million hours to create Wikipedia. What does that really look like?

Kids are more wired and connected than ever before. On one hand I can see the argument for becoming unwired and unplugged while at church. Ministry should focus people where they need to be. But on the other hand, I think it's more important to focus ministry on where people are before you focus them on where they need to be. Here are some suggestions...

So many things around us are changing. There are forces at work in the lives of our children and families that need to be recognized and addressed.

Is there a reason why the Cory Center has a technology blog for a children's and family ministry website? Find out.

So I went to see the new Hannah Montana movie for my daughter’s third birthday and here’s what I learned.

Are the kids we serve becoming contributors or just bigger consumers? YouTube helps us decide.