Identity Project

 

I distinctly remember a student asking me how to respond to her friend who was struggling with gender identity. She was heartbroken because her friend kept getting mad and telling her that if she really loved her, she would accept the “real me.” In my little over a decade in Christian education, I have witnessed a significant shift in the type of questions students asked. What began as “What is on the test?” or “Do I really need to know this to get into college?” evolved into something much deeper and more complex.