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Countless times, Jesus’ words have helped me keep my friendships from falling apart and allowed me to let loose unnecessary, emotional weight by pursuing conflict resolution.

The pandemic only amplified life’s normal unpredictability, pushing some of us beyond our comfort zones. So how do we face the surprises — the good and the bad — in a positive way?

Psalm 131 invites us out of life as a tug-of-war with God into one where his desires, wants, longings for us (and the world) are not competing against ours but are grander, better, simply more. There is indeed a desire asymmetry between us and God, but not like we think — we can’t out-want God.

Dayonna, a student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), prepared for the fall semester with a heavy heart.

It’s easy to see our parents only in terms of their parental role. We often forget that they are people, who are growing and learning just like us. We must learn to understand their stories.

For years, ÂÌñÒùÆÞ’s Black Campus Ministries (BCM) has been faithful in creating spaces for Black college students to engage the gospel and their blackness.

Transformation can be exponential. When one student at the University of Massachusetts Boston caught a glimpse of God’s transforming work on campus, she began praying and longing to see that happen on her own campus among fellow Black students.

Misunderstanding is an ancient human and spiritual problem. Many of us have experienced some form of misunderstanding as we’ve negotiated college life.

But through all my experiences of leading communities—of students, fellow church congregants, coworkers, and more—I’ve seen how transformative and essential good community can be.

Zacchaeus’s story is no less a miracle than the feeding of the 5,000 or the healing of the paralyzed man. For it’s the story— the miracle of a changed heart—that still resonates with us today.