Kevin has served as Director for Young Life College at the University of Kansas for 13 years. His passion is to build meaningful relationships with college students to help them encounter Jesus Christ, while also developing others to do the same.
When I first met Kevin, I was taken by his ability to make people (me at the time) feel heard and valued. He strives to help people discover themselves, and oftentimes, that means A LOT OF LISTENING. This is a rare skill - but it's an important one.
I hear people talk about college as being the glory days. While this can be the case, I also know that college is a time where people struggle with immense homesickness, peer pressure, overwhelming stress about a confusing professional future, and mental health crises.
I am encouraged by people who care for college students because I was once a college student, and I know first-hand that the need for an encouraging community, wise friends, and thoughtful conversation is immense.
In this conversation we talk about many things, including: how to decide on a tough decision that will affect your future, why your failures help you look like Michelangelo's David, how to create a culture that doesn't exist or change an existing one, why you should be a part of a multigenerational community, and a funny story where I chickened out of something and had to go back and own up to it.
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Carry on - & remember that life is better when you talk to people.