These interviews were part of the spring 2024 issue of On the LEVEL, a print publication of the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative (DVULI). This issue focuses on the mental health crisis and the challenges Christian leaders who serve urban youth face. To read the full issue go to: https://www.dvuli.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DVULI_Spring24_InteractiveWeb.pdf

Pulling the Trigger on Trauma: How to Lead Youth When Mental Health Is at an All-Time Low

This interview is part of the spring 2024 issue of On the LEVEL, a print publication of the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative (DVULI). This issue focuses on the mental health crisis and the challenges Christian leaders who serve urban youth face. To read the full issue, go to: www.dvuli.org/wp-content/uploads…InteractiveWeb.pdf

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Nike Greene (Portland 2005) Interview Highlights

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Throughout history, Christians have committed themselves to a “way of life” or rule of life at various times. Often, these rules of life were created as an effort to remain faithful to Christ in the midst of really challenging times. A rule of life is simply a commitment to live your life in a certain way—with some goal in mind. To live on purpose so that you can become the kind of person you long to become—and stay that person, even when things get hard.

The goal of The Colossian Forum is to invite Christians to embrace a way of being, a way of life in the midst of these challenging times that we’re currently experiencing. We long to see Christians think, pray, and act like Christ in the midst of our deepest disagreements.

We do this by helping Christians imagine a hopeful future where difference doesn’t have to mean despair. We not only paint a picture of what could be, but we offer concrete practices to help live it out.

That’s the essence of a rule of life: A vision of where you want to go, and practices to help you get there.

The Colossian Forum Podcast // Conflict as Opportunity

YMEN’s comprehensive programs offer a wide range of educational support, mentoring from positive role models, spiritual and emotional guidance, vocational classes in the arts, career-based and entrepreneurial education, sports and recreational activities, family supportive services, and service learning to more than 300 students annually.

Mike Trout, Ymen Executive Director of Strategy & Development

During the DVULI Alumni Reunion 2023, Rev. Adam Russel Taylor, President of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community, presented a timeless keynote titled Facing the Polarization of the Church and Society.

Adam Russell Taylor Reunion DVULI 2023 Keynote

The DVULI mission is to equip Christian leaders who serve urban youth with transformative tools. To learn more, visit www.DVULI.org

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