Melanie Hempe

Apr 10, 2024 | screenstrong.substack.com | Melanie Hempe

We made it! My daughter made it to her 18th birthday without a smartphone. She is alive and well and, might I add, a very happy teen. I didn’t start with a plan to delay her smartphone use through high school; it just unfolded that way. This is what happened . . . After dealing with video game overuse with my oldest son, I thought twice before I jumped on the smartphone-in-the-hand-of-every-teen bandwagon.

Apr 10, 2024 | englishteacherweekly.substack.com | Andrew Campbell |Phil Christman |Melanie Hempe

Welcome to English Teacher Weekly! Last week I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Illuminate Conference at Southern Adventist University. My judgement? A highly successful proof of concept, and I hope that this is the first of many Illuminates to come. With speakers such as Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt, Andrew Peterson, and Karen Swallow Prior the whole thing was catnip for ETW-minded folks.

Jul 31, 2023 | evangelical-times.org | Melanie Hempe

We were on the road, driving our oldest son home from his first year in university, when the moment of clarity hit. ‘Mum, I’ve been in bed for the past week,’ Adam said. ‘I didn’t leave my dorm room. I didn’t finish my classes. That video game did something to me.’I’ll never forget the shock I felt. What do you mean, ‘That game did something to me’? At that moment, six years of conflict suddenly made sense. I finally realised: our son was trapped in his virtual world and couldn’t get out.

Apr 30, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Marie Burrus |Samuel James |Melanie Hempe |Liesl Counterman

In the age of social media, cancel culture has become a societal norm. For better or worse, the power to complain, speak directly to power, or question what’s happening behind the scenes is in the hands of everyone with a smartphone. On one hand, social media has given a voice to those who once lacked it. On the other hand, our posts can blaze a never-ending warpath for those seeking vigilante justice. But what if a more deep-rooted, human need lies beneath the surface of cancel culture?

Apr 27, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Joe Carter |Samuel James |Melanie Hempe |George M. Marsden

What just happened? The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) recently met in Kigali, Rwanda, for its fourth meeting.