This thought-provoking book for college students and those who minister with them deals with issues of faith, identity, sex, success, failure, and more, through the concept of belovedness. Every college student’s story is different, but they all have the same questions in common. Who am I? How do I make good choices? What does it mean to be successful? How do I navigate changing relationships with my family, my peers, my significant other? And how do I do all of this faithfully? This book approaches these topics through a fundamental inquiry: “What if I really, truly believed that I was beloved beyond all measure, and how would that influence what I do?” Along with the editors, eight campus ministers from across several denominations contributed to this volume to help students navigate questions of life and faith in the world of high-pressure college campuses. Telling it like it is with wit and wisdom drawn from scripture, tradition, and life experience, this book offers profound and practical reminders of what it is to be beloved. “Sharing wisdom, experience, and passion, chaplains from across the church invite us to consider how we are to live into our belovedness. In a rapidly changing world, in a world full of brokenness and messages of ‘not enough,’ we are invited to consider how we are each more than enough because that is how God made us and that is how God loves us. . . . Touching on many of the topics that young adults have to grapple with and inviting us to go deeper, this book is a must-have for anyone in ministry with young adults.” ―Shannon Kelly, Director of the Department of Faith Formation and Officer for Young Adult and Campus Ministries, The Episcopal Church “If there isn’t a healthy Christian community on your campus, use this book to start your own. If there already is, get involved and use this book to make it even better.” ―Jason Evans, Missioner for Missional Communities, Episcopal Diocese of Texas Straight talk on all things faith, written especially for college students and those who minister with them James Franklin is the Episcopal Campus and Young Adult Missioner to Wake Forest University, Salem College, UNC School of the Arts, and Winston Salem State. After the military, seminary, and a brief stint in parish ministry, he answered the call to be a campus minister, where he helps create beloved community. James can usually be found in campus coffee shops meeting with students. Becky Zartman is the Canon for Welcome and Evangelism at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston. Previously she was the Episcopal Missioner to Georgetown University. Becky’s ministry has been focused on young adulthood. She serves on the Way of Love working group, writing curricula for The Episcopal Church and Lifelong Learning at VTS, academic coaching of international seminarians, and teaching churches the spirituality of hospitality. Jonathan Melton has served as a priest since 2007, including as chaplain to the St. Francis House Episcopal Student Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2012-2019. Jonathan now serves as the Associate Priest at Holy Trinity by the Lake in Heath, Texas, not far from where he grew up. He attended Wheaton College, earning his BA in Economics, before earning his Master of Divinity at Duke Divinity School. He is a long-time blogger, avid reader, novice guitarist, commuter-type cyclist, and occasional knitter, married to Rebekah, with 3 children. Ben Adams attended John Carroll University on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio where he majored in economics and finance. Now living in Chicago with his wife, Tara, and their dog, Gracie, when he's not at home baking sourdough, brewing kombucha, playing my ukulele, or just hanging out, he can be found pastoring in and around Grace Episcopal Church in Chicago's South Loop. He also serves as an assistant coach for the University of Chicago wrestling team and is involved with The People’s Lobby as a community organizer. Stacy Alan has been the chaplain at Brent House, the Episcopal Center at the University of Chicago since 2005. An alumna of Seattle University and after traveling and studying Spanish in Central America, she attended Union Theological Seminary, spending a year at the Seminario Bíblico Latinamericano in San José, Costa Rica. After graduating, she worked at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, the largest private emergency feeding program in New York City. She was ordained in the Diocese of New York in 1998. Previously Stacy served at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan and received a certificate in Spiritual Direction in the Ignatian Exercises. She is married to improv actor and playwright John Poole and has two adult children.