When we're thinking about a script, a script has an end. What was encouraging is whether it was at that point or earlier on when young people felt agency to choose at least some of what happened in their lives. And again, what I want from Claudia is not only what I want for Claudia, it's not only the freedom to have this evolution, but an adult who is walking alongside her.
At every age, we ask questions of identity, community, and meaning — Who am I? Where do I belong? What is my purpose? But college students today are asking them with unique urgency and anxiety.
In today's episode, we interview Kara Powell, a researcher at Fuller Youth Institute and co-author of 3 Big Questions that Change Every Teenager. We discuss how young people can better determine their purpose in life, how they can prepare for that purpose to change, and what the Christian tradition might have to offer.