In 2009, about a quarter of American high school students said they had “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.” By last year it was up to 44 percent, the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded. For girls, the rate rose to 57 percent. That means more than half of teenage girls feel persistently sad or hopeless. If you stood a teen from 2009 next to a teen from 2022, what would be the most noticeable difference between them? One of them would be on her phone. This episode is in partnership with The Gospel Coalition’s Recorded podcast. Listen to more of Recorded at: www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/recorded/

Christians say that being part of the church is a gift but what happens when it feels like a curse? Stories of congregations and pastors being betrayed by their family of faith. Thank you to our guests: Espy Mendez Jonathan Dodson: http://jonathandodson.org/ Mike Hernandez: https://www.famcitycenter.com/leadership Jerome Gay: https://www.visionrdu.com/jeromegay Get Exclusive Access to our new podcast Things We Couldn’t Say: https://www.patreon.com/lovethyneighborhood