Religiously unaffiliated Americans are younger, on average, than the general public to begin with, and the youngest adults in the group – that is, those who have entered adulthood in the last several years – are even less religious than “nones” overall.
Despite Stigma: Research Points to Maturity of “Boomerang” Millennials, by Corey Magstadt
Think “boomerang” kids are less mature than their peers? Think again. “The negativity surrounding popular views of intergenerational co-residence casts a pall on what can be (and usually is) a rewarding experience.” -Alicia Patterson, PhD
Game of Loans: Democratic Support for Debt-Free College Growing, by Michael Stafford
“It’s potentially a really far-reaching, dramatic reshuffling of higher education,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president for government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education.
The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail, by Christena Cleveland, PhD
It’s relatively easy to see the suffering Christ in black men who are already dead and aren’t threatening to hurt anyone. But can you see the suffering Christ in violent responses to injustice? Can you see the cross in the Molotov cocktail?
Becoming Matthew McConaughey: INTERSTELLAR Reflections on Fatherhood, by Aaron Niequist
While he was off trying to save the world, Cooper’s kids had to grow up without a father. It didn’t matter that he loved them…because he wasn’t there to show them. Will we make the same choice for a less noble reason?
Five Trends Among the Unchurched, by David Kinnaman
While barely half of the unchurched surveyed could name a single favorable impact of the Christian community in America, nearly three-fifths could identify a negative one.
Is the Internet Killing Christianity? by Christian Piatt
Do we deserve the obsolescence toward which we are so steadily headed?
Welcome to College (Where Religious Freedom Goes to Die?)
Why are colleges and universities — places of higher learning supposedly committed to the free exchange of ideas and beliefs — withdrawing recognition from these groups?
As For Me and My House (We Will Break Your Arms), by Ginger M
My initial neurotic thought was, “Is this a test to see if we really are a Christian family worthy of their house?”
5 Ways Churches Can Better Connect with Millennials, by David Kinnaman
College students and ‘twentysomethings’ who stay connected to a local church are twice as likely to have had a close personal friendship with an adult inside the church.
The Great Scythe Hanging Over the Head of the Church, by Ashley Ariel
These doubts and desperate graspings have snowballed into a certain terrible urgency ready to sweep away an entire generation into nihilistic despair. Utterly convinced that this world, this church and this God simply cannot be moved to care.
Why Helping Millennials Develop as Leaders Requires a New Mindset, by Adam Vaccaro
Organizations need to shift the mindset of what a good manager does away from hitting those departmental goals–which rely on what he calls talent consumption–to graduating employees into better positions–or talent production.