Archives for the 'Pastoral Ministry' Category
Importance of the web for Parishes
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
For the past nine months, the Internet Ministries department has been working on a complete overhaul of an Orthodox jurisdiction’s web site and technology infrastructure. Over 1,000 man hours later the site is ready for launch. Many simply don’t understand or appreciate the time, planning, energy, and attention to detail to put together a cohesive [...]
Tackling Calvin Klein
Monday, July 6th, 2009
On Thursday, July 9, the Religious Alliance Againt Pornography will be having an emergency comference call to discuss the controversial Calvin Klein advertisement in NYC. This advertisement (warning explicit) was so provocative that it caused a stir, controversy, and had to be taken down. True to form, RAAP was ready with a strong letter to [...]
Survey finds teens increasingly exposed to online pornography
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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Cell Phones Preferred for Porn
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
A recently published article in New Scientist reported that cell phones are increasingly being used for accessing porgography. In fact, according to research conducted by Google, the percentage of users accessing pornography on cell phones is greater than that on personal computers. 20% of searches conducted through mobile phones via Google’s mobile search were for [...]
Child Pornography
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
In one of my previous posts, I wrote about a recent incident involving myspace.com and GOYA children at one of our Greek Orthodox parishes. Once again, myspace.com has made national headlines with two AP articles on CNN highlighting the risk teens face online and a boy who was arrested for photos showing him holding handguns. [...]
“Danger Will Robinson!” Protecting Kids on Social Web Sites
Monday, February 13th, 2006
Growing up, I was an avid fan of the television series, “Lost in Space”. On the show, the adolescent Will Robinson was often accompanied by a mechanical guardian named, “Robot”. Robot had the unique ability to sense danger and exclaim the classic phrase, “Danger Will Robinson, danger!” As powerful as computers are today, they cannot [...]