Ep. 41 - Dr. Mike Wilhelm on Youth Ministry and the Iona Project

This is Episode 41 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education.

In this episode, Dr. Mike Wilhelm joins Scott Postma to talk about the Great Books and the life of the mind, ministering to youth as the senior chaplain at a residential child care facility, and the Iona Project—a quasi-neo-monastic gap-year opportunity for college graduates.

Dr. Wilhelm is the senior chaplain at Cal Farley Boys Ranch near Amarillo, TX. Cal Farley Boys Ranch is NOT actually exclusively for boys and has been a leader in residential childcare services for over 80 years. CFBR meets the needs of children and families by way of the continued generosity of supporters while never seeking state or federal funds to support the work. 

• Learn more about the Iona Project, here, or watch the promo video here (3 min).
• Find, The Brothers Karamazov, here.
• Find The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris, here.