How Do You Help Students Transition From an Inherited Faith to One That Is Owned?
Updated 2/15/12 If you work with college students than you likely have spent some time thinking about how we help them “claim […]
Category: Transitions
Helping College Students Prepare for Marriage
With the emergence of a new season of life that has cropped up between youth and adulthood — known as Prolonged Adolescence […]
Making Space for Students to Grow
I’m a big believer in Christian higher education. Young adults raised in Christian homes often reach a period of deep struggle in […]
The Senior Year Transition: How Are We Preparing our Students for Life After College?
My first year out [of college] was the toughest year of my life, a Penn State alum told me. He was a […]
How Do We Help Students Find Their Calling?
College students, especially those about to graduate, inevitably are asked, “What are you doing after you graduate?” Most of the college […]
On Finding Fish
In one of my posts from last week I asked if we (as ministers and as ministries) have Room for Doubt(ers)… the […]
The 4 Stages of Faith Development
Although our time with Brian McLaren has ended, I’m trying to get down some of my thoughts on some of the great […]
Inherited Faith VS. The Faith We Will Live
As students come to our campuses — often having been exposed to one stream of the Christian faith during their “growing up” years back home — they likely now find themselves being exposed to numerous Christian (and non-Christian) streams of faith — which should evoke in them a process of asking questions and seeking answers.
How Do You Stand Out?
Have you ever stopped to think about what makes you (your ministry) unique?
What makes you different from the other ministries on campus?
What do you have to offer students that might make your ministry the one for them?
In a couple of posts last week I focused on training and equipping our student leaders to know why we do what we do (Do Your Students Know?), as well as how what we do meets a specific need on campus (How We ‘Fit In’ On Campus). I made the case for spending some significant time during the early stages of our training with leaders for helping them to see the BIG picture and really commit to learning it for themselves.
Make It Easier…
It’s amazing how much more approachable we become when we do something as simple as wear a name tag. I just […]