Joe Carter gives advice for parents dealing with children using drugs.

<<One of the delights of ministry and mentoring is to befriend someone like Clint Rule. A probably-already-graduated senior at OU, married to lovely Nicole, movie maker, and aka as Tommy Jaundice of the band Where Are My Pants, Clint has a brilliant mind. Here is a post he recently made on the OURUF listserve. He has said I could share it with the Internet. Here.>>

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Every now and again, I will receive an email from an acquaintance I made in my collegiate years.  Being an art major, this person will send out an email to many, many people asking questions on a topic/issue she will soon be pursuing artistically.  To be honest, I don’t typically respond.  However, I received an email from said person.  The topic to be tackled was “dissatisfaction”—pointedly, “what leaves you dissatisfied?”

I responded.  I gave the cliché (b/c it is very true) response of “things that I grow tired of after having anticipated them greatly”.  I quickly moved on to the subject of ‘virtuality’, b/c (a) I struggle with it and (b) I think it is an 800-pound gorilla sitting in the corner of society’s living room.Read more