Written by students for students, this book is a compilation of stories and experiences shared by students from over 35 colleges across America.

Keeping Your Faith in College: Students from over 35 Cshools Across the Country Share Their Experiences Living As Christian in College

Religion & Spirituality

Smith, Abbie

Christian Books & Bibles

Vmi Pub

A discussion of the most overlooked and underdeveloped facet of the modern church—how to keep college-aged people engaged in faith.
Many churches and families have programmed a youth ministry finish line at twelfth grade. They walk their seniors out the door, breathe a sigh of relief, and let them disappear for a few years. There is an assumption they’ll return to church later, as adults with young families. Many never come back. They become less and less involved in church and faith and, eventually, absent altogether—they slowly fade away. Facing critical decisions that affect the rest of their lives, college-aged people need a faith community more than ever. A senior pastor, a college pastor, and a twenty-something—rethink one-on-one mentorship as the way to end the slow fade. They offer insights and suggestions that will help anyone get started fighting the fade.

The Slow Fade: Why You Matter in the Story of Twentysomethings

Bomar, Chuck

Joiner, Reggie

David C. Cook

From dorm and Greek life to dating and academia, every piece of the college equation becomes a loaded opportunity for you—and your faith—to thrive. Can You Keep Your Faith in College? will help guide you through the best years of your life. You’re not alone in the struggle to maintain the faith you carried with you when you first set foot on campus. Packed with encouragement specifically for these trying years, Can You Keep Your Faith in College compiles experiences shared by students from more than fifty schools across the nation, and targets pertinent issues including, “The Transition,” academics, dorm life, peer pressure, extracurricular activities, sports, Greek life, dating, studying abroad, racial relations, and “God’s Surprise Encounters.” Don’t let your faith whittle away; build it up! It’s what defines you.

Can You Keep Your Faith in College?: Students from 50 Campuses Tell You How - and Why

Multnomah

With transparency, Abbie Smith examines the raw emotions of always being the bridesmaid but never the bride. She delves into the heartache and confusion of being single when your heart longs for something else. By using a conversational style and her personal story, Abbie helps you acknowledge the feelings and reality of being single in today’s world, where sexuality is misconstrued and widely exploited.

Celibate Sex: Musings on Being Loved, Single, Twisted, and Holy

NAVPRESS *

“Is being a stay-at-home-mom enough?” “Does chopping onions and folding laundry really matter?” “Does he really think I’m beautiful?” In some ways becoming a wife and a mother was as exhilarating as Abbie envisioned; in other ways it was stifling and painstakingly ordinary. A candid memoir about growth, faith and belonging, Stretch Marks I Wasn’t Expecting delves with startling honesty into conversations about infertility and inner-city living, mommy wars and the incarnation, letdowns of marriage and learning to notice God in the mundane. With thoughtful and deeply resonant prose, she documents a universal search for meaning and belonging.

Stretch Marks I Wasn't Expecting: A Memoir on Early Marriage and Motherhood

Parenting & Relationships

Adoption

Kalos Press