This is a list of all of the posts I have written in the Student Culture, Trends & Issues category, listed by date, starting with the most recent at the top.
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2012
- 1 Thing Your Students Could Really Use… As Finals Approach | April 23
- Are Today’s Students “Comfortably Numb” to the Needs of the World? || April 4
- The Price of Not Paying Attention || Mar. 29
- In Search of Sexual Sanity || Feb. 24
- Why Relationships Are Considered Too Risky, But the Hookup Culture “Easy” and Safe || Feb. 16
- Why Abstinence Isn’t Working In America || Feb. 15
- LOVE || Feb. 14
- Valentine’s Day: The Best (& Worst) Holiday On Campus || Feb. 13
- Overcoming a Culture of Instant Gratification || Feb. 2
- Healthy God-Centered Sexuality || Feb. 2 || Joy Eggerichs
- The Post Which Must Not Be Named || Feb. 2 || Michael Johnson
- What Every College-Aged Woman Needs to Know || Feb. 2 || Stephanie S. Smith
- Dealing With Sexual Shame || Feb. 1 || Vance Rains
- Cohabitation Conundrums || Feb. 1 || Joy Eggerichs
- Are Boundaries Realistic? || Feb. 1 || Sarah Francis Martin
- Pride, Shame and a Call to Authenticity || Feb. 1 || Robby Larson
- Whatever It Takes: Helping Your Students and Yourself Gain Freedom From Lust and Porn || Jan. 31| Paul Worcester
- Don Draper Stole Our Imagination || Jan. 31 || JR Madsill Forasteros
- Mission Sexuality || Jan. 31 || Pat Hannon
- True Lovi is Tired of Waiting || Jan. 31 || Ashlee Alley
- 5 Reasons to Teach College Students About Love & Respect || Jan. 26
- Will Young Women Bring An End to the Hookup Culture || Jan. 25
- Talking Faith & Politics [With Students] In An Election Year || Jan. 12
- 8 Things Our Young Men Can Learn From Tim Tebow || Jan. 10
- How to Broach the Subject of Sex With Your Students || Jan. 9
2011
- On Helping Students Go Home || Dec. 6
- What Kind of Christian Are You? || Dec. 5
- Is Discipline a Prerequisite to Discipleship? || Nov. 21
- Side-Stepping Discipleship || Nov. 16
- 2 New Trends On Campus || Nov. 14
- 4 Questions Every Student Should Be Asked || Nov. 11
- Beyond a “Personal” Faith || Oct. 27
- Beyond Silo(ed) Faith || Oct. 26
- Safe Have Christianity || Oct. 25
- Caring for Students — From Now to Christmas || Oct. 21
- Catalyst | David Kinnaman| You Lost Me || Oct. 6
- Catalyst | Reggie Joiner | Helping the Next Generation Understand Their Place in a Bigger and Better Story || Oct. 5
- Catalyst | Tim Elmore | Overcoming Artificial Maturity || Oct. 5
- My Parents Don’t Get Me Anymore | Faithful Change at College || Sept. 19
- Moralistic Therapeutic Deism OR Following Jesus || Sept. 15
- Do College Students Walk Away From Their Faith Because of the Gospel They’ve Been Preached? || Sept. 14
- Social Justice and the Church as 3rd Way || Sept. 12
- Are Your Students Universalists? || Sept. 12
- Wars, Rumors of War, Hell & College Students || Sept. 9
- Consider Something Just for Sophomores || Aug. 29
- The Demise of (College ) Guys? || Aug. 11
- Without Vision the Students Perish || John Allert || Aug. 4
- Mentors and Friends: Why You Need to Be a Spiritual Matchmaker || Aug. 4
- The 8 Minute Stillness Challenge || Wanda Walborn || Aug. 3
- 5 Ways to Tune Up Your Social Media Strategy Before the School Year Starts || Aug. 2 || Brian Barela
- Reaching Out to the Online College Student || Aug. 2 || Barbara Jolie
- Worship (With Benefits) || July 27
- Should Your Ministry Have a Blog? || July 25
- Social Networking as Ministry || July 19
- A Pastoral Presence Online || June 21
- Reaching Every Student? || June 3 || Destinoeric
- We Are Working On It: Campus Ministry and Transitioning Toward Multi-Ethnic Christian Community || May 31 || Jamie Noling-Auth
- Snubbing God || May 24
- The World Didn’t End — Which Raises Some Good Questions || May 23
- Why (Most) Students Side With Rob Bell || May 18
- Reaching Out to the “Saved” || May 6
- Are Students “Wasting” Their Formative College Years? || May 4
- Bin Laden, Enemies and Jesus’ Call to Love Them All || May 2
- Helping Stressed Students || April 28
- Overcoming Indifference || April 11
- Ride the Waves! || April 7 || Laurel Bunker
- Tiger Moms, Christian Perfectionism & the Future Student || April 7
- Future Student: More Responsible, Less Entitled || April 4
- The Hookup Culture & Trending Virginity on Campus || April 1
- An Extra-Curricular Faith || Mar. 25
- The Sophomore Slump || Mar. 22
- Do College Students Still Read Books? || Mar. 16
- On Talking Natural Disasters & Theodicy With Students || Mar. 14
- The Contemplative Tech || Mar. 10
- Cell Phones, Social Etiquette and a Lack of Hospitality || Feb. 25
- Challenging the Frenetic Pace of College Life || Feb. 16
- College Students, Money & Formation || Feb. 10
- Christine Colon || Why Would God Ask Singles to be Celibate || Feb. 3
- Andrew Marin || Love Is An Orientation || Feb. 2
- Andrew Marin || Answering the Hard Questions About Sexual Identity || Jan. 26
- Andrew Marin || Church and Sex in a Postmodern and Emergent Culture: What is the 4th Ideal? || Jan. 24
- The Simplicity (and Complexity) of College Relationships || Jan. 18
- Sex’s Unexpected Consequence: Don’t Start What You Can’t Finish || Jan. 13 || Shellie R. Warren
- Caring for Students Dealing With Pornography Abuse and Addiction || Jan. 13 || Derek Roe
- Elevating the Conversation || Jan. 13 || D. Merricks
- Shame Or Grace: What Does Your Ministry Really Extend to Struggling Students? || Jan. 13
- Sex & the Soul: An Interview with Author Donna Freitas || Jan. 12
- Break-Ups and Death || Jan. 12 || Abbie Sprunger (Smith)
- The Elephant in the G-String || Jan. 12 || Michael Johnson
- The Problem Isn’t Porn: Finding a Frame Beyond Shame || Jan. 12 || JD Walt
- Human Trafficking, Porn & the Tension College Students Live In || Jan. 12
- Regardless of Orientation, Seek Holiness || Jan. 11 || Nathan Albert
- Is Sex Before Marriage Really A Sin? || Jan. 11
- Reframing the Discussion: Shifting From Abstinence to Celibacy || Jan. 11 || Christine Colon
- What About the Ladies? || Jan. 11 || Bob Henry
- A Good Theology of Bad Words || Jan. 11 || Rachel Foose
2010
- Are We Using or Abusing Technology? || Dec. 3
- Helping College Students Prepare for Marriage || Nov. 29
- College Students and Theodicy || Nov. 23
- Helping Students Take Steps of Faith || Nov. 22
- Noise, Hurry & Crowds || Nov. 19
- What Message Are We Sending Our Female Students? || Nov. 17
- We’ve Got a Problem! || Nov. 12
- College Students, Death & the Afterlife || Nov. 11
- Making Space for Students to Grow || Nov. 4 || Brian McLaren
- Revisiting The Great Commission On Campus || Nov. 4 || Mark Lydecker
- The Senior Year Transition: How Are We Preparing Our Students for Life After College? || Nov. 4 || Erica Young Reitz
- Civility on Campus || Nov. 4 || Linda Osborne
- A La Carte Christianity || Nov. 4
- The Unity Problem || Nov. 3 || Steve Lutz
- “Jumping off the gw bridge sorry.” || Nov. 3 || Brent Hutchinson
- On Learning to Learn || Nov. 3 || Steve Garber
- The Future of Education 2010-2020 || Nov. 2 || Tom Sine
- College Stress: What College Ministers Should Know about Student Depression || Nov. 2 || Derek Melleby
- How Do We Help Students Find Their Calling? || Nov. 2 || Ashley Linne
- Preparing Students for Anti-Christian Hostility || Nov. 2 || Drew Dyck
- A Student’s Insight into Approaching GLBT Students || Nov. 2 || Bob Henry
- Lopsided Christians || Oct. 28
- The ‘Trend’ of Service || Oct. 27
- More ‘Food for Thought’ on Bullying, GLBTs, Faith & the Campus || Oct. 21
- Exposing Elephants || Oct. 20
- GLBTs, Christians and the College Campus || Oct. 14
- Inciting Incidents – Catalyst or Crutch? || Sept. 24
- Brian McLaren || Christian Faith As a Revolutionary Movement || Sept. 17
- Brian McLaren || The 4 Stages of Faith Development || Sept. 16
- Brian McLaren || Reading the Bible Naked || Sept. 15
- Mutant Christianity || Aug. 31
- Open Source Leadership || Aug. 13
- I’ll Shoot You an Email… I Mean, Text || Aug. 4 || Cor Chmieleski
- 4000 Ways to Maximize the First 4 Weeks on Campus || Aug. 4 || Brian Barela
- Four Disruptions That Could Shake Up College Ministry || Aug. 3 || Steve Lutz
- Just Stay Home [?] || July 30
- A New Problem On Campus [?] || July 28
- Dressed-Up Worship || July 23
- In Case You Ever Wonder… || July 20
- Moving Students Into Small Groups || July 16
- Small Group Involvement Declines || July 15
- It’s All A Gift || May 21 || Ian Clark
- The Future of College Ministry is “Down and Out” || May 18 || Steve Lutz
- [Lack of] Commitment to Jesus in a Culture of Non-Commitment || May 26
- Top 10 Issues College Students Face || May 23
- The “R” Word || April 9
- Well Curve/Recession Connection? || Mar. 29
- The Well Curve Trend || Mar. 24
- On Traveling With Students || Mar. 7
- Waiting to Grow UP :: Part II || Feb. 27
- Waiting to Grouw UP || Feb. 24
- Profound Change || Feb. 21
- How to Best Reach Your Students || Feb. 19
- The Hardest Time of the Year || Feb. 18
- The ‘Fred’ in Our Midst || Feb. 17
- How SEXy is your College Ministry? || Feb. 11
2009
- Death and Faith Formation || Oct. 27
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