Pasta Witchcraft Memes and Diddy on TikTok
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Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Strega Nona kicks off the fall meme season, one writer reconsiders the phrase “defending the faith,” and teens are talking about Diddy on TikTok. For more Axis resources, go to
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Elliot Campbell on Heresy, Hospitality, and Meeting Gen Z Where They Are
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Today we’re reposting an interview with Elliot Campbell. Elliot is on the pastoral advisory board for Alpha Youth USA. He has collaborated with the Bible Project and various other national leaders for the sake of reaching Gen Z and has a decade in pastoral experience working specifically with young adults. Elliot studied comparative religion and philosophy at the University of Virginia and graduated from Denver Seminary as a Kern Scholar with an MDiv in 2018. He and his wife Madison are currently church planting in the Denver Metroplex. For more parenting resources, go to
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Roundtable: Lunchly and Social Media
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In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to Meme of the Week: 0:29 1. Time to Waste: 2:02 2. Out to Lunch: 23:18 3. Keeping Accounts: 38:13
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Lunchly and Social Media
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Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Instagram will debut “teen accounts” for users 18 and below, a new poll indicates that lots of teens spend seven hours or more a day on social media, and some powerful influencers are launching a Lunchable competitor. For more Axis resources, go to
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Laurence Koo on Same-Sex Attraction, Celibacy, and the Gospel
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Today we’re reposting an interview with Laurence Koo. After coming to terms with his own experience of same-sex attraction, Laurence eventually committed himself to celibacy, out of a conviction that that’s what Jesus was calling him to. Since then he has become an international speaker and consultant on the topic of sexuality and same-sex attraction. He also leads training and development for young missionaries with the Navigators, and recently became the director of iEDGE, which sends teams of young adults into other nations to do cross-cultural discipleship ministry. For more parenting...
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Roundtable: Impossible Creatures and Online Personas
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In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to Resource of the Week: 0:30 1. Impossible Creatures: 2:23 2. Young Americans, Online: 9:10 3. Blockheads: 24:23
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Impossible Creatures and Online Personas
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Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week a trailer for the Minecraft movie makes waves, Gen Alpha’s favorite fantasy series is flying off the shelves, and young people say they like their online selves better than their offline personas. For more Axis resources, go to
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Jason Woodruff (from The Pour Over) on How to Engage the News With Discernment
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Today we are posting an interview with Jason Woodruff. Jason is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Pour Over, a politically neutral, Christ-centered news source. Their goal is to cover the same events that readers would learn about from major news sources, but to help their readers process those events from a foundation of faith. Axis recently collaborated with The Pour Over for a short course on Media Literacy that we’re excited to release here in a couple of weeks. For more parenting resources, go to
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Roundtable: Grandparents Day and Rings of Power
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In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to Song of the Week: 0:26 1. An Open World: 16:02 2. Powering Down: 28:58 3. In Grand Fashion: 50:21
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Grandparents Day and Rings of Power
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Welcome to The Culture Translator. This week Star Wars: Outlaws makes its debut, Rings of Power returns for season two, and grandparents are the unsung heroes of the legacy of faith. For more Axis resources, go to
info_outlineThis week new laws require porn sites to (actually) verify users' ages, Riley hits puberty in Inside Out 2, and the Surgeon General proposes a tobacco-like warning label for social media.
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