What a 19-Year-Old Helped Me See

‍burningheartsdisciples.org

Dear,  ‍

Parishes pour time, money, and energy into young people.

But culture forms them long before programming does.

After SEEK, my college-aged daughter wrote down what she noticed—not as critique, but as discernment. What she named wasn’t about better music or bigger events.

It was about atmosphere.  About belonging.
About faith being assumed to matter.

These are good questions to sit with during Lent. 

Read the full reflection:  Belonging Before Understanding

If you're in leadership, you may also want to revist our Discipleship Check-In Reflection.  It can help surface what meetings don't. 

 Peace, 

‍Kristin Bird

Executive Director