Spiritual Foundation #3 Relational Preparation
As excited as I was to go to the university of my dreams, 40+ years later, I still remember the empty feeling of watching my parents and sister drive away. What would things be like at home without me? What would things be like at college without them? Will I make...
Spiritual Foundation #2 Intellectual Preparation
In the previous blog in this series, we recommended starting spiritual college preparation with the faith-based foundation of Bible study and prayer. To that, we suggest adding several intellectual disciplines, which together help us love God with our heart, soul,...
Spiritual Foundation #1 Faith-Based Preparation
It’s doubtful parents would send their kids to college without some sort of meal plan, but are parents as diligent in helping set up a spiritual meal plan for their children? Once that dorm key is issued, there will be no more spoon fed lessons by the youth group....
Sending Your Kids to College on F.I.R.E. for Their Faith!
If you are the mom of a soon-to-be-college freshman, hang on. You will survive! But the more important question might be: Will your child survive college…spiritually? Even if he or she has checked all the boxes associated with growing up in the church, there’s always...
83. The Impact of Worldview Training at Summit Ministries: A Conversation with Jeff Myers
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS Main Points Covered The origins of Summit To create a ministry to equip teens and adults to know why they believe what they believe Summit’s Approach is Worldview Focused...
10 Reasons Every Parent Should Advocate for the Awana Apologetics Curriculum at Their Church
As Mama Bear apologists, one of our greatest pleasures is seeing parachurch organizations recognize the need for youth apologetics training. For anyone unfamiliar with my personal journey, our head pastor did two series when I was in 7th grade that changed my life:...
Way #4—Pray With Other Moms for Your College Students and Campuses
(This is way number four in the blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus.) Pray for them. Strategically. Seriously. Scripturally. Intentionally. Intelligently. And with other moms.* And yes, while you can do it alone, while...
Way #3–Develop a Spiritual Meal Plan for College Students
In my series on “Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus,” I’m serving up way number three: Develop or reinforce the basic spiritual disciplines of Bible Study and prayer. It’s doubtful parents would send their kids to college...
Way #2–The Last “Shot” Your Student Should Have Before College.
It’s a faith-building booster shot called apologetics. In my blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus, I proposed that way number two was building confidence for the truth and evidence of Christianity and a biblical...
Way #1–The Most Important Connection Your College Freshman Can Make
In my blog post “Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus,” I promised individual posts on each way with resources and action steps to help you accomplish spiritual preparation. Here’s number one. I remember it like it was...
Top 10 Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus–An Overview
If you are the mom of a soon-to-be-college freshman, hang on. You will survive. But the more important question might be—will your child survive spiritually? Even if he or she has checked all the boxes associated with growing up in the church? I have walked in your...
