America's young adults are telling us they're not OK — in ways large and small. It's high time to take a good, close listen and have a frank conversation about the spiking anxiety & depression among adults coming of age in this time of disruption and disconnection. We're losing more young adults than we can bear.

As successive generations move away from organized religion, perhaps there's a longing for spiritual direction that we have in our souls for relationship, community and ritual. Can religious congregations help to address this problem? If so, how do they connect and make spaces more welcoming for young people in our community's "third spaces" that help grow community and purpose?

Led by Father Tim Holeda — who pastors to a large community of FSU students — God Squad is on it.

Learn more about the program and meet the God Squad here.

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