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As If College Wasn’t Bad Enough Already
My perception of youth ministry is beginning to shift substantially. I still believe that it plays an important role in students’ lives right here and now.
But I am beginning to realize that we must also focus heavily on the challenges of faith, beliefs, character and integrity that students will face in the future–particularly when they take the plunge into the world we call “college”.
Why?
- College is a time when people get serious about spirituality, in whatever form.
- Secular colleges are dominated by secular worldviews. Christian values and beliefs are often shunned as childish and immature.
- There’s always news about, frankly, strange stuff happening on college campuses. Recently, students and professors at the University of Maryland rigorously defended their rights to publicly screen pornographic films and to discuss their educational qualities.
How are you preparing students for the challenges of higher education?
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Jesuit universities engaged in “obscene” events
Secular universities, and now even “religious” ones, consistantly push a secular humanist worldview as the only “logical” belief system. Here’s just the latest example.
For discussion: How do we prepare students for this onslaught after they leave home?
