A free six week course for parents and students
Formation
Before
Decision.
Most college conversations start with where. This one starts with who.
The free Family Edition gives you and your student six short readings, six workbook pages, six passages of Scripture, and six questions to talk through at dinner. You can start Week 1 today. Beginning January 11, a new video for each week will go up on Instagram. It takes about twenty minutes a week, and it may be the most important twenty minutes of the college search.
Built on The Virtue Habit: A Field Guide for Forming Wisdom, Character, and Courage and rooted in a Biblical, Christian worldview. Whether your family has followed Jesus for years or is simply curious, you are welcome at this table.
Character is not built in the big moments. It is built in the small, repeated ones.
FROM THE VIRTUE HABIT
What's inside
Six weeks. One table.
Who are you becoming?
The small, daily habits that quietly shape who a student becomes.
Your hours and your people
How time and friendships map the person a student is turning into.
Naming the lie
Why the A+ is not your identity, and where real worth begins.
Lead where you are
Leadership without a title, starting with service at home.
Courage before the moment
Deciding what you stand for before the pressure arrives.
A faith of your own
Moving from a faith that was handed down to a faith that is chosen.
How it works
Twenty minutes a week
1. Read together
Read the week's short reading out loud, or watch the video on Instagram once weekly videos begin January 11.
2. Reflect
Students and parents each answer their own questions on the workbook page.
3. Talk at dinner
Bring one honest question to the table. Listen more than you speak.
4. Practice
Try one small practice before the next week begins.
Your guide
Brian S. Beckley
Brian S. Beckley is the founder of Virtue Advising + Mentorship and the author of The Virtue Habit. He served as Director of College Counseling at Brentwood Academy and brings nearly three decades of experience in college counseling and admission, most all of it in leadership.
Above all, Brian has a heart for mentoring young people. Formation Before Decision brings the heart of his work to your kitchen table, free.
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Leading a group?
Running this with a class, a small group, or a parent night? The free Leader's Guide has a sixty minute session plan and discussion questions for all six weeks.
KNOW GOD. KNOW YOURSELF.