“Politics isn’t really my thing.” I’ve heard this said by those in our generation more times than I can count. Most recently, I heard it when I was out to lunch with some friends and it wasn’t in response to some political conversation. A new friend asked me what I did for work, and I said, “I help young professionals and college students get ready to vote.” The response was a quiet comment, but it simply and succinctly sums up what I believe is the overall feeling in our gen

When one looks at America today, it appears drastically different than it was even ten years ago. There have been incredible improvements in technology, increases in terrorism, economic rises and falls, and even surprising political triumphs followed by sudden changes of fortune. However, it is not just the American government or international relations that have changed but the American people themselves. People’s morals are changing which has caused immense cultural shifts

My father always jokes with me about technology surpassing human ability; “Soon we won't carry a cell phone at all, we’ll just have chips implanted in our brains. A cyborg generation!” I would chuckle at his dad-jokes and roll my eyes. I’ve dabbled in science fiction books like Cinder, which features a Cinderella-esque character who’s half computer. Not my cup of tea, and certainly far from generational reality. Cell phones weren’t a large part of our family environment till

How do we engage in community? [if !supportLists]1. [endif]Remember- Who you are. When I graduated from Biola University, our commencement speaker opened with the story of Mufasa coming to Simba in the clouds. Simba had forgotten that he was King, and in doing so lost himself. When he faced who he was and accepted his burden to rule, he was able to return and win back the pridelands. It's easy to get lost in our social media profiles and forget that we are heirs to the th

1. I believe to whom much is given... I had nothing to do with the fact that I live in this incredible free country where I choose where to live, what to study and what to do with my life. It's all possible because of a simple but profound idea, "we the people" which is my privilege to vote. Surely I can do more for my country, but I can do no less than vote. 2. No vote - no complaints. ​ If I don't care enough to take my opinions and my values to the voting booth to do what

"Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace." (Luke 14:31-32) In the above passage, Jesus is talking about the cost of being one of his followers. In doing so, he paints an illustration of a king going to war. Jesus appeals to comm

You are a millennial. You believe that Jesus is God incarnate. You have grown up going to church. You have grown up around politically active people, from the left or right or maybe from both sides. Like your fellow millennials, you want to change the world. We are a generation that is passionate about changing the world. We are joiners. We are people of great compassion, who want to help others. We believe in doing things that are bigger than us. Maybe you are like I was: un

"Life is to be entered upon with courage.” - Alexis de Tocqueville Community. What is it? It’s our neighborhood, family, church, and friends. The people we talk too. Community is people that shape our mind and heart. Millennials are the first generation that have the ability to communicate with thousands of people on a daily basis. That means our community has the potential to become incredibly vast. And yet, based on the media, it could be said that Millennials are the most

"Don't worry about politics," they say, "the whole world is going down-hill and Jesus is coming back soon." I grew up in a dispensational, premillenial, pretribulation-rapture church. Those arcane terms just mean (for our purposes here) that my church teaches this world is going down hill, and will continue until Jesus returns and makes everything new. I am not writing this to start a debate on eschatology (the study of end times) or to even talk about which view I take. Inst

“I know my rights!!!” Let’s start with a blank canvas and talk about your rights. Are you alive? Then you have a right to keep living. To live you must eat. To eat you must produce. When you produce you obtain a property right in result of your labor. Liberty – freedom from incarceration – stems from both our right to live and our need to produce. A life incarcerated by the state (jail) is no life at all. Also, we cannot produce if our movements are restricted. These – life,