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The childhood questions, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” becomes central in the mind of emerging adults. The third developmental task of emerging adulthood is to discover vocation. Vocation is a means by which the individual fulfills purpose in their life. “We do not live by breath alone, sex alone, success alone, and certainly not by instinct alone. We require meaning. Continue reading
Defining Adulthood
In order to aid adolescents during the maturation process, we must have an idea of what being an adult is all about. Adulthood is something that is hard to define. Humans do not step over a line of maturation that instantly makes them an adult. Maturation is a gradual process, and leaves many individuals at various ages asking the question, “Am I there, yet?” Sharon Parks describes the difficulty in defining what it means to become an adult.
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Helping those who Hurt
I am no expert when it comes to helping those in pain. (if such a thing really exists!) I have done my fair share of saying things that I should not while at the bedside of a loved one, or at a funeral home.
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Premature Intimacy
I believe in purity. I believe in purity rings. I believe in setting physical boundaries in relationships in order to keep from hurting ourselves and others. This is something that is often taught, lectured, and discussed in Christian circles. However, I think we are missing something. Something BIG. Continue reading
Don’t Do the Math.
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I hated math all through school. I remember pounding through assignments day after day. Being a perfectionist, I always had to first do the problems, and then go back and check them again. I wasn’t bad at math, I just didn’t like it. To all of you who for whatever reason are looking for a reason NOT to do the math, Continue reading
10 Ways to be Financially Wise during your college years
I was not the perfect example of stewardship during my college years, but I have learned quite a bit through others. Here are some thoughts to help you through the college years without having to donate blood for money, or eating only Ramen Noodles.
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Why won’t they just grow up?
There are many reasons that adolescents mature at different rates. Some of these are within their control, while others are not. The struggles of emerging adults are often interpreted as a lack of initiative or reluctance to grow up. 
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Characteristics of Emerging Adulthood – Part One
Jeffrey Arnett argues that due to a slower rate of maturation among adolescents, a new phase of life has developed called emerging adulthood that is neither adolescence nor adulthood Continue reading
Raising a Modern-Day Knight – Book Review
What does it mean to be a man? Does puberty make a man? Does drinking beer make a man? Does having sex make a man? In today’s world there are many confusing voices about what being a man is really about. Continue reading
Characteristics of Emerging Adulthood – Part Two
Jeffrey Arnett lists the characteristics of emerging adulthood as: identity exploration (ideology, work, and love), instability, self-focus, feeling in-between adult and adolescent, and endless possibilities 
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