How do we become adults? Is it by moving out of our parents'<br />house? Earning an independent income? Getting married? Having<br />children? Buying a house? Those are the benchmarks most of us<br />use, but Growing Up suggests that maturity is more about qualities<br />of character. Through the poignant stories of nearly half a century<br />working with young people as a teacher, school administrator,<br />high school and college chaplain, parish priest, and father of three,<br />Frank Strasburger shares the encouraging news that the pace and<br />power with which we become adults is largely within our control.<br />Chapter by chapter, he unfolds the real process of growing up:<br />facing down the fear of failure, wrestling honestly with identity<br />and relationship, finding passion, overcoming illusions of power,<br />discovering faith, and discerning a sense of mission. Strasburger's<br />bottom line: it is in serving others that we become the people we're<br />meant to be.