On New Year's Day, Karen and I will fly to India to launch the T squad. It's a long flight that will have us touching down in Paris and Oman. And on the way back, we'll stop off in Mijas, Spain for several days to teach at the G42 Leadership School.

I'm not a big believer in classroom teaching without application; my experience is that people retain about 10% of most classroom teaching over the long-term and that without attaching the teaching to life experience, nothing changes. So whatever I "teach," it needs to come across in a way that it sticks. I look at the way Jesus taught and try to replicate that.

When I was last there, I engaged the students in a lot of different activities and dialogue. We hiked up a mountain and listened to the Lord there and journaled. We went to a coffee shop with a great view and I told some faith stories. We walked to a park overlooking the ocean and took videos of the students talking about their dreams. We went to the Wine Museum and sat around a table for two hours praying for spiritual healing.

I believe that God wants to release his children to pursue the dreams he's given them. So often I spend time delving into what sorts of issues may prevent people from pursuing their dreams.

As I've prayed about what to teach, all I get so far is the idea that young people have never been taught how to fail (that is to fail redemptively) and that this keeps them from committing to their dreams. So, maybe we should help them learn to how to take more risks and learn that failure is a normal part of life?

I don't know. I got up early this morning and thought I'd ask anybody out there who has an idea about what 20-somethings need for help. I'm soliciting your advice here.