Mikhaella Norwood. Photo via Freelife Productions. At the Garden of Gethsemane, Mikhaella Norwood had a revelation: “If Jesus didn’t make a decision within the Garden of Gethsemane to be fully submitted to the call that was on his life, the cross would never have happened.”...
2021 Leadership Incubator participants. The Passages Leadership Incubator is a unique opportunity for Passages alumni to develop their leadership skills through a 10-week program focused on professional growth and project development. After completing the program, participants meet in Dallas, TX to present their business plans...
Help them find connections between their college experiences and the Bible. Among the new experiences of college, it’s easy to lose connection with Jesus and the Bible. Many students have a hard time seeing the relevance of Scripture to their everyday lives. What does Jesus...
College ministers play an important role in preparing students for their lives after college. Make a list of the things you want your students to know about their faith before they graduate. Keep it somewhere where you can look at it every day. This will...
Young adults are leaving the church at troublingly high rates. 66% of young adults who regularly attended worship during their high school years are dropping out of church for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, according to a 2019 Lifeway...
It can sometimes be hard for college students to connect their college degree and what they are learning in their classes to their calling as Christians. What do Shakespeare’s sonnets or quantum physics have to do with God’s plan? This is why it’s important for...
Chi, Chicagoland, ORD, whatever you want to call it, this place was home to the Passages Leaders Conference this past weekend. I had no idea what to expect and walked away with a heart full and a taste of the intentional and relationally-infused program Passages...
LEFT All I could feel was small. A tiny, helpless human being placed on Earth, totally undeserving of all the mercy graced upon me. Why was I given the opportunity to sit and meditate in the same garden Jesus fervently prayed in before his crucifixion?...