Biography: Often introduced as an expert on media influences, Brett Ullman travels North America speaking to adolescents, leaders and their parents on topics including sexuality, substance abuse and self-injury. Driven by a desire to discuss, explore and share the Christian reality of living in a media-saturated world, Brett's seminars engage and challenge attendees through high-impact, technology-driven presentations. Participants are inspired to reflect on what we know, what we believe and how our Ancient Faith ought to serve as the lens through which we view and engage modern culture.Husband to Dawn, and father of Bennett and Zoe, Brett and his family make their home in Ajax, Ontario where Brett leads and directs Worlds Apart, a charity focused on empowering individuals to re-align their lives with Biblical core values often muddled by media but central to Christian living.

www.brettullman.com - Brett's speaking site
www.yourstory.info  - self injury site
worldsapart.org (this site) - network, empower and support the Canadian church

Topics:

(1) media.faith.culture (students): Our World calls to us through our ipods, magazines, movies and television sets. Our Faith suggests our lives ought to reflect values and sentiments that often conflict with popular culture. Our God wants us to fit in, to share His love with others. How do we exist in an overwhelmingly media-saturated culture and what is our response to it? Rather than being involuntarily shaped by pop culture, how do we affect it?Shaping the lives of young people today, Brett Ullman addresses teen topics including cutting, suicide, drugs, sex and violence in an open and straight forward manner. This youth-focused seminar is meant to open the eyes of participants to the trends in modern media, their potential effects on our lives and what a Christian response to this cultural paradox ought to resemble.

(2) media.faith.culture (parents): Growing up, we didn't have the Internet, our friends didn't cut themselves and text messaging wasn't even on the radar.  Today's young people are bombarded by media of all kinds, and have instant access to any subject and any topic of their choosing.  Their media-saturated lives are inescapably inundated by chat rooms, movies, instant messaging and their ipods.  How do we help guide our children to live Godly lives amidst this kind of cultural climate?

(3) your story: the wounding embrace - self-injury

(3) dating.for.life