Afraid of going to college When I was in my senior year of high school applying for college at universities with journalism programs, I remember talking to my parents about hoping I would get into Temple University (which has a fine journalism program). My parents had shipped my sister off to Liberty University, Jerry Falwell’s huge Christian university, but I was certain I didn’t want to go to a Christian school. But my parents were worried that if they sent me to a “secular” school, the brand of fundamentalist Christianity they raised me with would fall apart, and more likely, in their mind, I would lose my faith altogether. It was important for them to keep me in the Christian bubble I grew up in so that I wouldn’t lose it. As I recall this, I’m incredibly grateful to my parents for sending me to public school, which helped form and shape me in ways that helped me to form my faith on my own. But that didn’t keep
How losing your faith may help you keep it
How losing your faith may help you keep it
How losing your faith may help you keep it
Afraid of going to college When I was in my senior year of high school applying for college at universities with journalism programs, I remember talking to my parents about hoping I would get into Temple University (which has a fine journalism program). My parents had shipped my sister off to Liberty University, Jerry Falwell’s huge Christian university, but I was certain I didn’t want to go to a Christian school. But my parents were worried that if they sent me to a “secular” school, the brand of fundamentalist Christianity they raised me with would fall apart, and more likely, in their mind, I would lose my faith altogether. It was important for them to keep me in the Christian bubble I grew up in so that I wouldn’t lose it. As I recall this, I’m incredibly grateful to my parents for sending me to public school, which helped form and shape me in ways that helped me to form my faith on my own. But that didn’t keep