Exploring the Sacred with Brandon W., 23 & Diana, 16

Hear Brandon, 23, in California talk with Diana, 16, in Colorado about an experience that evoked a sense of wonder, awe, gratitude, deep truth, and/or interconnectedness. Each episode in season 8 features two different young people sharing a story detailing a sacred experience from their lives. This conversation is facilitated

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Young people define ‘sacred moments’ broadly

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Baptist Standard. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. The Springtide Research Institute report, “The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred,” pushes back on

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What, if anything, is sacred?

As we embarked on this year’s report, we asked young people that initial question. Their responses transcended narrow categories and painted an expansive picture of how sacred experience can take shape. The State of Religion and Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred highlights what we’ve learned from the more than

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Season 8: Exploring the Sacred

Season 8 of The Voices of Young People Podcast features 12 teens and 20-somethings in dialogue with Marte Aboagye, Springtide’s Head of Community Engagement, and with one another. For this season, we invited young people to share a story about an experience they would describe as sacred and to detail

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The State of Religion & Young People 2023 Is Almost Here! 

Next Tuesday, November 7, we launch our newest report!  The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred reveals the latest insights on what young people ages 13 to 25 are thinking, feeling, doing, and believing when it comes to their religious and spiritual lives. This report takes

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