Adolescence

Adolescence; or, Dude, Where's My Frontal Cortex?

Adolescence; or, Dude, Where's My Frontal Cortex?

Visitors who attend our annual Xenos Summer Institute often comment about the myriads of young people in our church. It's certainly one of the unique things about Xenos. From 2010-2015, our church saw a surge of growth among college and high school-aged people. Today, more than 60% of the people attending our church are college-aged or younger. That's over 3000 people under the age 30. As a result, we've learned some things about working with younger people.

Recently, I began reading a book entitled Behave by Robert Sapolsky (an American neuroendocrinologist and professor of biology/neurology at Stanford University). In his chapter, "Adolescence; or Dude, Where's My Frontal Cortext?" Sapolsky supplies scientific evidence which confirms some of the things which I've learned while working with younger people.

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