HUNGRY FOR HOPE:
Letters to the Church from Young Adults

Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults is more than a book—it’s a movement. Born from the stories, struggles, and dreams of young adults, this collection of letters speaks to the most pressing issues of our time, including climate change, mental health, marginalization, and the pursuit of abundance and intimacy in faith.

Every call committee and church council who are going through the process of calling a new pastor and/or figuring out a vision for their specific congregation should read this book.

I would recommend the book to people who have young adults in their lives, church people who are worried about the future, young adults seeking meaning, theologians. AND! Older people who feel disconnected from the younger generation.

There’s a lot in this book that could inform conversations we’ve had about why society looks the way it does and why young people make some of the choices they do (including to leave church in droves).

I think it’s also important for the young adult demographic to read this book, so that we can add to the conversation from our own perspectives and so that this book can become a living document of sorts, rather than another resource for older generations to try to understand “young people.”

Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults is a project developed by the Riverside Innovation Hub at Augsburg University. The Riverside Innovation Hub is an incubator for people and communities exploring the public church in the neighborhood. It convenes two-year learning communities with leadership teams from congregations, guiding them in discerning how God is inviting them to engage with their neighborhoods.

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HUNGRY FOR HOPE:
Letters to the Church from Young Adults