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It’s OK to be SINGLE
February 20, 2012
— Life at Bethel
“Ring by spring” is a pretty popular saying around Christian campuses, especially Bethel. So what about the rest of us? What about Valentine’s day? Upon coming to campus we were advised to avoid “freshman dating season.” That wasn’t to discourage us from being friends with the opposite gender but advice to follow so that we [...]
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Follow the Rules
February 15, 2012
— Life at Bethel
A friend of mine is thinking about transferring here from Indiana University, where, let’s face it, there probably aren’t many rules. Nothing against the school (although I am a Purdue fan), but it is a public school and I attend a private Christian school. Some people may complain about the rules, I think I even [...]
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Thoughts
February 6, 2012
— Life at Bethel
I’m loving this semester. I’ve grown so much since last semester in a lot of different ways. And I know that I have planty more growing to do. But I have amazing friends and professors that will be with me every step of the way. This semester had proven to be a little bit more [...]
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Something Bigger
January 30, 2012
— Life at Bethel
The summer going into my senior year I prayed to God, “Give me something bigger than myself. Use me in new ways, break my heart for what breaks yours.” And boy did He do just that. I was at CDYC, which is where I first heard about Bethel, and there were statistics about human trafficking [...]
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Time Management
January 23, 2012
— Life at Bethel
I was never one of those kids who studied in high school. Don’t get me wrong, I valued an education and I took school seriously, it’s just that learning never was hard for me. I was the queen of procrastination, trying to convince myself that I work better under pressure, which I learned the hard [...]
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RING RING- This is Life calling
January 16, 2012
— Life at Bethel
Chapel on Monday was pretty darn good. It was like “Oh my goodness, I need Jesus in my life,” but it wasn’t “Wow, this is irrelevant” either. I had the priviledge of going to Passion in Atlanta, Georgia during the first week of the year. It was such a good way to start a new [...]
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Winding Down
December 12, 2011
— Life at Bethel
I can’t believe that my first semester of college is nearly over. It feels like just last week I was arriving for cross country camp. So much has happened this semester! I’m still absolutely in love with Bethel and I still feel that God has me here for a reason, regardless of the trials that [...]
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Christmas Time in Shupe
December 5, 2011
— Life at Bethel
I love the holidays and I love the reason for the season, but I’m just not all that into all the hoopla about it all. I jokingly said “Bah humbug” while my friends were decorating their room. But let me just say, so that no one can call me out, I have had Christmas lights up [...]
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Let it Snow!
November 15, 2011
— Life at Bethel
Today, Thursday, November 10, it started to snow. Most of us from the Midwest dread this time of year. We love Christmas, yet just dislike the weather that comes with it. We enjoyed it when we were younger, counting down the days this winter, ecstatic with the anticipation of snow, which would mean sledding and snowmen. But [...]
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Tip Off Madness!
November 15, 2011
— Life at Bethel
So Tip-Off Madness was Monday, October 31st. I thought it was an actual basketball game (silly freshman). Seeing as how it was on Halloween, most everyone dressed up. It was awesome. I was kinda bummed that I wasn’t going to be at home to go trick-or-treating, or trick-or-canning (a fundraiser we did at my high [...]
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Hosting!
November 6, 2011
— Life at Bethel
So Thursday night a perspective student, named Anna, came to stay with me. We went to the Acorn to have dinner and just get to know each other. Then we went back to my room for a bit before we went to the Sailor Great Room to have a worship session. My friend Libby brought [...]
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Friends :)
October 24, 2011
— Life at Bethel
I feel like the luckiest girl sometimes. I have the coolest and bestest friends a girl could ask for and this week I just felt super loved by them. Monday I got a letter from a friend down at IU and my friend Heather’s mom sent me a little care package with some sweet halloween [...]
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Fall Break! WOO!
October 20, 2011
— Life at Bethel
So, I was one of those cool kids and stayed here at Bethel over break. Anyway, so I got to stay in lovely Shupe with about 8 other girls (on second floor), 7 left Thursday and Friday afternoon. Woo! Party! So wanna hear how I stayed busy? Of course you do Wednesday after my midterm I dyed [...]
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Buying In
October 11, 2011
— Life at Bethel & Sports
Every other Thursday I have the privilege to take part in the track team bonding time, even though I don’t practice with them yet. And if you’re not part of the track team, let me just say team bonding is craziness but totally amazing. We call it “Natali Nonsense.” ‘Nuff said. But Coach Natali is [...]
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Reflections
October 4, 2011
— Life at Bethel
Yahoo! It’s finally the weekend! I’m sure I can speak for a lot of people when I say, “finally.” This wasn’t necessarily a long week but it was hard, for me at least. Just in case you didn’t here, Sy Rogers was a guest speaker in chapel this week. Amazing. God was definitely at play [...]
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It’s Fall!
October 4, 2011
— Life at Bethel
I don’t know how many people have noticed, but the leaves have started to change color. I know it’s kind of dreary with all this rain and everyone feels like just curling up in a ball and sleeping. But I would encourage you to take time to appreciate the beauty that we are surrounded by…the God [...]
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Fun times at the DC
September 23, 2011
— Life at Bethel
I’m pretty sure I have had either pizza or pasta for every meal this week….and that’s totally okay because those are my favorite things to eat. I love DC pizza, like, a lot! And I’m almost 100% positive that pasta is good any time, any day. And the layout of the DC (a.ka. Dinning Commons) is [...]
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Singing After the Music
September 19, 2011
— Life at Bethel & Music
I love the worship here. The band is just incredible and vivacious and talented, but most importantly sold out to Jesus. Its so awesome to be able to connect with God with so many other followers. Sometimes I don’t even sing the songs because I’m just enthralled by the voices around me. It gives me [...]
