How A Gap Year Experience Positions a Student to Flourish in College
Each August around 20 million people head off to their college experience. In an odd paradox college is both more accessible and more risky than it has ever been. From the founding days of our country until the end of World War II the college experience was mostly reserved for the very wealthy. The post…
Overcoming Barriers
Last night location Brasilia began a leadership retreat for 16-25 year olds. It started at 6:45 with the Impact 360 team and Lifeshape team greeting our guests. We are staying at Aqua Viva (a “retreat” center) and it is really not very large and then we had to put about 16 more guests in the house….
Christians, Power, & Calling
This week Trent Wilbanks and I are team teaching our final module for the academic year. Cultural transformation is the topic, and Andy Crouch’s book Culture Making is the backbone text. Concept of the week? Power. Crouch says that cultural power is “the ability to successfully propose a new cultural good.” As it turns out,…