Emphasis Preaching Journal

Courtney attended college to please her parents. Then, two-thirds through her sophomore year, she needed to declare a major. She considered that choosing a major was near to deciding what to do with the rest of her life. She talked about it with friends, her faculty advisor, and the chaplain. He suggested she join the university's spring break urban plunge to experience larger needs of the world and to discover what skills or abilities she might have to serve others.

During that week she worked in a soup kitchen and a daycare for low-income parents.