Youth Becoming: Transformative Practices for Forming Young Leaders
Edited by Dr. Brian HullBook Resources
Chapter 1: Jeff Walling (Director, Youth Leadership Initiative at Pepperdine University)
Chapter 2: Fr. Casey Beaumier, S.J. (Director, Ever to Excel & University Chaplain at Boston College)
- The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: A Translation and Commentary
- Draw Me Into Your Friendship
- Handing on the Fire
Chapter 3: Jim DeBoer (Director of Awakening & Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at Hope College)
Chapter 4: Dr. Tom Ryan (Director, Loyola Institute for Ministry at Loyola University New Orleans)
- Catholic Climate Covenant’s “God’s Creation Needs You” Video Series
- Catholic Relief Services Poster on Catholic Social Teaching
- Handout from a Youth Ministry and Communication Skills Workshop for College-Student Mentors
- Eco-Exame
- Global Footprint Calculato
- iNaturalist App
- The Life of St. Ignatius As Told By An Olive
- NASA’s “What is the Greenhouse Effect?”
- Pope Francis, Laudato Sí: On Care for Our Common Home
- Pope Francis, Laudate Deum: On the Climate Crisis
- Story of Stuff Videos
Chapter 5: Dr. Brandon Isome (Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education at Tuskegee University)
- James, Felix. 1971. “The Tuskegee Institute Movable School, 1906-1923.” Agricultural History Society 45, no. 3 (July): 201-209.
- Mayberry, B. D. 1991. “The Tuskegee Movable School: A Unique Contribution to National and International Agriculture and Rural Development.” Agricultural History Society 65, no. 2 (Spring): 85-104.
- Search Institute. “Developmental Assets Framework.” Accessed November 17, 2025.
- UC Davis Center for Regional Change. “Youth Career Pathways Toolkit: A Guide for CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California YPAR Facilitators.”Accessed November 17, 2025.
- University of Kansas. “Community Toolbox.” Accessed November 17, 2025.
Chapter 6: Dr. Brian Hull (Editor; Director of Youth Becoming Leaders & Professor of Youth Ministry at Asbury University)
Chapter 7: Dr. Dametraus Jaggers (Executive Director & Founder, PostGrad Ready)
Chapter 8: Steven Betancourt (Director, THEA Institute at Loyola University Chicago) and Owen Ruggario
- A sample of our training document for small group facilitation can be found here
- A sample of an Eco-Examen, a document utilized during the THEA Fellowship, can be found here
Chapter 9: Dr. Mike Severe (Professor of Youth Ministry at Taylor University)
Chapter 10: Christen Foell (Director, Trailhead & Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont College)