A Letter from Lisa Fields
Dear friend,
A young man once told me he had to go charge his crystal on the roof of his car. I had to do some research. The idea is that a crystal soaks up the negative energy in your home, loses its power doing it, and has to sit in the sun to get its power back for tomorrow. I could not stop thinking about what he was really looking for. He wanted peace.
He is not alone. When we were planning an event at Florida A&M, the students on our committee told us crystals were really big on campus. Tarot, birth charts and manifesting are everywhere in this generation’s feeds, and many of the young people trying them grew up in church.
We wrote this guide for the adult who loves one of those young people and is not sure what to say. If you feel unready, you have company. In Lifeway Research’s 2025 survey of churchgoing parents of students in grades 6 through 12, 36 percent said they did not feel equipped to help their student grow spiritually, and 94 percent said they want to be more equipped.
In six movements you will see the hunger behind the crystal, check your own house, learn what each practice actually claims, read what Scripture says, see where real peace and power come from, and get ready for the conversation itself. Everyone quoted here spoke on our podcast, and you can hear each conversation in full.
Here is the heart of it. The line is intent, not the object. A pretty rock on a shelf is a pretty rock. A young person reaching for power or guidance apart from God is reaching for something that cannot hold them. Jesus can.
Read slowly. Then go listen to someone you love.
