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ROADMAP FOR THE RISING GENERATION
THE SIGNS ARE OUT THERE, THOUGH SOMETIMES it's tough to spot them. The rising generation—late teens and early twenty-somethings—is a profoundly spiritual one, hungering for a sense of the holy, alive with openness to God and to others, fiercely committed to equality. Yet, because study after study documents their skepticism of institutional religion, and because of the unorthodox path they often take toward the spiritual, it requires a discerning eye to glimpse where they really want to go, and how to help them get there.
Let's face it. Organized religion wasn't meant to be an end in itself. It was supposed to be a bridge leading to the spiritual. But somewhere along the way large blocks of organized religion settled for bequeathing themselves to each new generation. Now they've come to one that doesn't especially want that bequest—a generation that is, with increasing frequency, taking other roads.
About the author
Channing Walker is a contributing editor. He lives in Glendora, California.

February 14, 2005 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from ANDREW WILSON, KAREN KLING, AVENEL M. HUME, DAVID K. MARTIN
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THE FACES
SUZANNE SMEDLEY, STAFF EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Karen Rivedal, Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., Christie Storm, Ashley Lawson
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ROADMAP FOR THE RISING GENERATION
Channing Walker
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THE SPIRITUAL GENERATION
Sara Hoagland Hunter
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LETTING THEIR LIGHT SHINE
Laura Lapointe
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BACK TO THE BASKETS
Joana Fonseca Rivera
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3 DEGREES OF SEPARATION
Jan Libengood
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CAN WE EVER BE SAFE?
Richard Bergenheim
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FINDING COMFORT IN INFINITE LOVE
Lynn Noerhadi
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SIGNIFICANT OTHER, OR SIGNIFICANT ONE?
BEVERLY PEAKE
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EVERYONE COULD USE SOME BLESSING
EVAN MEHLENBACHER
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ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER
VALERIE MINARD
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PRAYER IN A DENTAL EMERGENCY
PRIYA AGA
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FAST PAIN RELIEF
LAURA BLOCH