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USF Campus Ministries Podcast

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Each semester, the USF's Campus Pastor sits down with USF employees, alumni, students, and members of the community to discuss how to integrate the Christian faith into our particular field.
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In this episode, we visit with Brooke Murphy, USF Associate Professor in the Fredrikson School of Education. In this conversation we talk about the importance of community in the classroom, the effects of technology on community, and helpful practices for cultivating community.
In this episode, Campus Pastor Matt Styles visits with USF Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Andrew Beck. Dr. Beck shares about leading through difficult decisions and how humility, compassion, and service guide the decisions we make.
Campus Pastor Matt Styles visits with North American Baptist Regional Minister of Northern California and author of "Renovation of the Church", Kent Carlson. Kent shares about how the church he pastored discovered the importance of spiritual formation, the impact it had on his understanding of ministry, and how he and the congregation handled the changes the necessary changes.
In this episode, Campus Pastor Matt Styles visits with USF alum, Melissa Hiatt shares insights about how shame, vulnerability, and emotional health shape how we understand God, ourselves, and leadership.
In this episode, Campus Pastor Matt Styles visits with Charm Swatlowski. Charm is a senior at the University of Sioux Falls who is majoring in both psychology and theology. She also serves as the Campus Ministries President, a position that oversees a team of Campus Ministries Advocates, Dorm Bible Studies, and the Spiritual Life Opportunity Board here on campus. Charm shares about her study of psychology, emotional awareness, and theology have shaped her as a person and as a leader.
USF Campus Pastor Matt Styles visits with Dr. Brian Gregg, USF Professor of Biblical Studies, about the importance of spiritual formation for the follower of Jesus. In this conversation, Dr. Gregg shares about the importance of making ourselves available to be formed by Christ's Spirit by participating in intentional practices, paying attention to what is already forming us, and considering our attitude during formation.
In this episode, we visit with Dr. Gretchen Hoffman. Gretchen serves as the area chair of social sciences and as professor of psychology at the University of Sioux Falls. In our conversation, Dr. Hoffman discusses how psychology topics like habits, potential, searching for meaning, and learning to listen impact our formation.
In this episode, we visit with Chase Ward, founder of Simba Educational Ministries, about how he came to follow Jesus, how his time at the University of Sioux Falls shaped him, and how he came to serve in Kenya.
In this episode, we visit with Addison Brenner, recent graduate from the University of Sioux Falls and Campus Ministries Assistant. We discuss how her time at USF influenced her understanding of God's mission and equipped her to participate with God on mission. She also shares helpful insights for working alongside and serving young adults. A big thank you to Daniel Newman & Regan Lardy for helping record this episode of the Campus Ministries Podcast!Music: "Corporate Upbeat" by Wavecont
In this episode, we visit with Joel Fredrikson, an alum from the University of Sioux Falls and Lead Pastor at the Point is to Serve in Sioux Falls. We discuss the missional practice of being present to others, what that looks like, and what keeps us from practicing presence.A big thank you to Daniel Newman & Regan Lardy! These two USF students helped record this episode.Music: "Corporate Upbeat" by Wavecont
Dr. Christina Hitchcock, professor of theology at the University of Sioux Falls, shares about her family's experience as cross-cultural missionaries, the importance of learning from the history of world missions, and important insights that we can gain from those who have gone before us.
In this episode, we visit with Cam Roxburgh, who serves as a pastor in Vancouver, Canada, director of Forge Canada, and VP of Missional Engagement with the North American Baptist Conference.  We discuss the experience of cultural dislocation and common reactions to it. Cam then invites us into an alternative approach of living on mission by dwelling, discerning, and exploring.
In this episode, we sits down with Dr. James Foster, who serves as the Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Sioux Falls to discuss "Living Missionally." Dr. Foster invites us to see the university as a "missional outpost" and shares how a liberal arts education equips us for living on mission.
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