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Weekly Devotion - The Search for the Truth: Adolescents, The Church and Social Media

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The Search for the Truth

Adolescents, The Church and Social Media

By Dr. Elizabeth Barton

The teenage and young adult years are hard, especially now. These are the years when youth discover and shape their identities. With this search for identity come questions:

Do I matter?
Am I enough?
Am I worthy?
Do I belong?

For teenagers and young adults, these are such powerful, deep and vulnerable questions! Increasingly, adolescents are asking these life-shaping questions in the highly curated world of social media, which tears at their hearts, minds and mental health. Fortunately, the church has a role to play when the truth can’t be found through Instagram.

To read the full article, written by Hope member Lizz Barton, click on the button below.

Lutheran Living Magazine

 

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