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Moving to College is major step.
Lacey Csaszar, Fall 2015
When a student leaves home and moves to college lots of
things happen. New people. New places. New Influences. This leaves a lot of
opportunity for people to transform themselves, especially young adults who are
still growing in many ways. As a Christian in college there are many ways that
a student may lose, gain, or modify their faith while moving to college.
This is
just one struggle that young Christians may face in college. Moving into a new
place with new people who may not be of your same faith can be especially
challenging if they are devoted to another faith or if they simply regard
religion as false. Some end up losing their faith because their environment is
not a proponent of it, others become challenged to maintain it because those
around them encourage choices that disregard their religious practices.
When a student leaves home and moves to college lots of
things happen. New people. New places. New Influences. This leaves a lot of
opportunity for people to transform themselves, especially young adults who are
still growing in many ways. As a Christian in college there are many ways that
a student may lose, gain, or modify their faith while moving to college.
It starts
with a student moving into a dorm and meeting their new roommate. Sometimes, if
their lucky, they will have enough similarities to make their time living
together peaceful. Other times, when they have strong different preferences,
there can be issues. One particular occasion occurred with the two girls who
lived across from me freshman year of college. One girl practiced an avid
Catholic faith by going to mass daily and putting images relevant to her
religion around the room. Her roommate was Jewish and felt unsettled by the
images that she had to live with every day. This ended up with a move for one
of the girls to another dorm room where she would feel more comfortable.
This is
just one struggle that young Christians may face in college. Moving into a new
place with new people who may not be of your same faith can be especially
challenging if they are devoted to another faith or if they simply regard
religion as false. Some end up losing their faith because their environment is
not a proponent of it, others become challenged to maintain it because those
around them encourage choices that disregard their religious practices.
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