This summer a team of students traveled to New Bern, North Carolina on mission to help restore a community affected by Hurricane Florence. Rising BCM senior, Joe, tells his story of leading the trip and how God can use unpredictable circumstances to advance his Kingdom.

Five tips for thriving in your dorm at James Madison University

Where do you go when you want to be alone? 

When you need space to think, cry, breath, pray? Living on a college campus, it can sometimes feel impossible to find that place. Haley tells a little bit of her story with solitude and places on campus where she goes to rest in God’s presence. 

Not sure what to pack for your freshman year dorm experience at JMU? Not to worry! A rising senior and nursing major, Kayleigh has some tips & a packing list for you!

When I went to college, I had a certain plan. I would be wealthy, marry my college girlfriend and be a respectable engineer. You know how many of those things happened? Zero! Instead, things fell apart and God got my attention.

Five tips for making tips your freshman year at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA

She watched other “good christians” around her doing all of the things that “good christians” are supposed to do: reading the bible everyday, praying, being perfectly moral, sharing their faith and these were things that she just couldn’t seem to excel in. Her pursuits of faith often left her feeling worthless, helpless and like a failure. God couldn’t love her in her failure, it didn’t seem possible.

In order for new life to form, first, we must come to the cross, and die.