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To Speak or Stay Silent: The Church\u27s Role in a Polarized Political World
Full text linkThis paper deals with what we have to do with politics as Christians in daily life
Teaching Students to be Resilient: A Campus-Wide Approach
Full text linkIn response to escalating mental health concerns among college students, Pepperdine University developed the Resilience- Informed Skills Education (RISE) program to equip students with resilience skills. The biblically sound and research-based curriculum focuses on six dimensions: physical, social, cognitive, spiritual, service, and life skills. All first-year students learn resilience skills through the RISE small-group program. Numerous additional opportunities are made available, including resilience coaching, a resilience interest living community, lunch and learns, a yearly summit, a podcast, a newsletter, and a variety of engaging campus programs. Student leaders have been key to the positive response to RISE, as have partnerships across the including collaborations across Student Affairs, with faculty, and with student organizations. Securing funding is a process of data-based advocacy over time, combined with being ready to move when opportunity presents itself. Resilience programming is possible with limited resources. Preliminary RISE assessments indicate promising trends. Future directions include expanding the program’s reach within the university and beyond
Welcome Back Chapel - Pastor Greg Dyson, Vice President Intercultural Leadership & Campus Pastor
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Wholely: A Youth Ministry Program to Develop Life Skills for Students
Full text linkChurches usually focus primarily on people\u27s spiritual lives. The mission of youth ministries is to foster a relationship with God among young people from an early age, but the church is called to do more because God cares holistically for his children. Wholely is a ministry that works with the academic, educational, and professional needs of students in Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL, providing them with monthly workshops that teach them life skills to prepare them for the future; mentorship from devoted leaders; inductive Bible study to learn what the Word says about them and what they are learning; a resource center to receive information to give back to the community; and prayer to develop a deeper and closer relationship with Jesus and understand his purpose for their lives. All of this is done with the goal of developing the characteristics of Community, Awakening, Resilience, and Engagement (C.A.R.E.)
The Natural Agent of Change: The Therapeutic Power of Play to Children Who Have Experienced ACEs and Trauma
No full textThe power of play lies in its natural expression which children speak. When engaged in safe play, children are allowed to explore, comprehend, connect, and communicate in a developmentally appropriate way without criticism. Yet those who are impacted by ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experience) often find play foreign as they are stuck in survival mode, missing the developmental benefits of safe play. This paper examines the role of play in childhood development, explains the relationship between ACEs, trauma and play, and suggests that play is a natural agent of change that carries therapeutic power. The paper supports play as a medium that shifts focus away from deficits to fostering resiliency, especially in the power to heal externalizing, internalizing, somatosensory, and sensory problems