Sophia Pink describes the optimism gap as this, the future of our world is bleak, but my future is bright. Some young people who are more pessimistic about their own future than the future of America. And I think sort of a little bit of Claudia's own working. She's trying to find that good future for herself and obviously having mentors guide and shape that is essential.
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.