By now, you’ve likely heard about the indictment of wealthy actresses and executives over the college acceptance scam being referred to as Operation Varsity Blues. Millions of dollars in bribes have been funneled through private college counseling services to…
As mothers, we have hopes and dreams for our children before we ever even have children. Our longings become even more real when we hold this baby close to us and examine this tiny person nose-to-toes, realizing this…
Feeling the anxiety and fear of recruitment demonstrates just how sweet and beautiful the gospel is.
This week, we are highlighting articles from the Rooted Parent side of the blog. We want Rooted Parent to not only be useful for our parent-readers, but also seen as a tool by which our youth minister-readers can…
In August, I will call and/or email campus ministers or local pastors I know in order to let them know about my students who are matriculating to their campus.
I’ve decided sending a kid to college – in terms of how moms and dads handle it – is a lot like having a baby. For an expectant mom, the entire duration of pregnancy is all consuming with physical…
So much of my “training” for college had been focused on my outward behavior that I felt surprisingly unprepared to have real talks with people about my faith.
As we make up their beds in a tiny freshman dorm we are saying “yes” to God, the perfect and supreme parent of our children.
No wonder the adjustment into college prompts homesickness. Most of us scrap desperately to belong but, at best, settle to simply fit in.
