When I use (or make plans to use) money, am I more prone to feelings of fear and anxiety or to a sense of freedom?

From cover to cover, the Bible is filled with more than 2,000 references to money. Clearly, it's an important topic. While this next episode in our money series won't be able to cover all of them, it will help you walk away with a refreshed sense of what the Bible has to say on the topic. And it will help you better understand what a healthy relationship with money looks like in your first year of life after graduation.

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• E142: Understanding Your Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)

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What's your relationship with money? What life experiences developed that relationship?

This week, we're kicking off a new series about money. To get us started, we're exploring our personal narrative and its influence on our relationship with money. Your family, your friends, and the world around you have all had an impact on this view. Understanding it is an important part of your financial journey and your discipleship journey with Jesus.

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• E39: How to be the Post-College GOAT: Invest that Bread - Pt 1 (Apple, Spotify)
• E40: How to be the Post-College GOAT: Invest that Bread - Pt 2 (Apple, Spotify)

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“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known…” (Rom. 15:20)

What is your ambition in life after graduation? Where has God given you spiritual influence? And what does it look like to follow God faithfully in that context?

Whether you have a clear vision for these things, or still need help discerning them, there’s a resource to help you. The Ambition conference is a carefully crafted spiritual environment where you can encounter Jesus, get personalized coaching, and be equipped to start something new.

Eric Rafferty, InterVarsity’s Associate National Director of Planting and Program Director of the Ambition conference, joins for this episode to share how Ambition is the perfect place to get away, enjoy the InterVarsity conference atmosphere that every alum misses, and receive contextualized preparation for following Jesus where he’s called you in this season of life.

RESOURCES

• Learn more and register HERE
• Reviving Mission: Awakening to the Everyday Movement of God (Book)

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• E118: Navigating a Career in Engineering (Apple, Spotify)
• E115: Navigating a Career in Finance (Apple, Spotify)
• E87: From Gap Year to Volunteer: Why "Failure" Should Always Be an Option (Apple, Spotify)

MORE ALUMNI WORLD CHANGER STORIES (Apple, Spotify)

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Enjoy a revisit of a favorite conversation about best practices for your 20s! Paul Tokunaga, an expert in leadership through the decades, shares his insights on trying, failing, and trying again as the recipe for success after graduation.

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• E46: Making the Most of Your 30s (Apple, Spotify)

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In this final episode of our series on navigating conflict, we focus on a fundamental relationship: the teacher and the disciple. Jesus is our greatest teacher. And as his disciples, we are blessed with two gifts that will serve us on all occasions (conflict or otherwise): hope and humility.

Curtis Chang (Good Faith podcast, The After Party) joins us this week to share about radically recentering ourselves on Jesus and its impact on navigating healthy conflict.

The After Party: Toward Better Christian Politics

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• Listen to the Worship Album

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• E135: Navigating Conflict - Love Your Enemy... But How? (Apple, Spotify)

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If there was a formula that could help you better navigate difficult conversations and hot button issues, would you use it?

Professor Seth Freeman, a globally recognized expert in negotiation and conflict management, believes that formula exists. And it comes in the form of three little words: Paraphrase. Praise. Probe. The simple application of these words has the potential to prevent heated arguments and, instead, promote peacemaking and relationship building.

This week, we revisit our conversation with Professor Seth Freeman as we consider Paraphrase, Praise, Probe as another helpful tool for navigating conflict.

RESOURCES

• Professor Freeman's Article in Christianity Today: How to Talk About God and Politics in Polarized Times
• Professor Freeman's Website

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• BONUS: Examples of Paraphrase/Praise/Probe (Apple, Spotify)

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The conclusion of our conversation with Brent Campbell, an InterVarsity alumnus who chose to forgive the men who hurled racist insults and death threats at him while on campus one day. In this episode, Brent shares how it was possible for him to choose the path of forgiveness.

(In case you missed it, catch the first part of Brent's story on Apple or Spotify.)

NOTE: Please be aware that this and the previous episode are marked "explicit". The story included here is uncensored and contains racist and vulgar language, threats of physical violence and death, and contemplated suicide. Please listen to the previous episode intro to hear more about why these elements were left in and be thoughtful about where and when you listen. Thank you.

988 Lifeline

• If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal ideation or self-harm, please call or text 988 immediately to get in touch with the national suicide and crisis lifeline.
• 988 Lifeline Website

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• E135: Navigating Conflict - Love Your Enemy... But How? (Apple, Spotify)
• Listen to Brent's twin brother, Kyle, on InterVarsity World Changers
  • E8: Kyle Campbell and Risky Corporate Evangelism (Apple, Spotify)

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From the safety of your own quiet time or small group Bible study, affirming Jesus' command to "love your enemies" is obviously the correct choice. Right? But what would you do if you actually had the chance to make a real-life enemy pay for the ways they'd wronged you?

Our guest this week, Brent Campbell, was faced with this exact decision. One day, during a summer workout for track, Brent was harassed by a group of fellow university students. After quietly absorbing the barrage of racist insults and death threats, Brent was left to decide... "How should I respond?" His decision might surprise you.

NOTE: Please be aware that this and the following episodes are marked "explicit". The story included here is uncensored and contains racist and vulgar language, threats of physical violence and death, and contemplated suicide. Please listen to the episode intro to hear more about why these elements were left in and be thoughtful about where and when you listen. Thank you.

988 Lifeline

• If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal ideation or self-harm, please call or text 988 immediately to get in touch with the national suicide and crisis lifeline.
• 988 Lifeline Website

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• E135: Navigating Conflict - Love Your Enemy... But How? (Apple, Spotify)

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Are we in conflict or are we enemies?

How can I tell the difference between someone I'm in conflict with and someone who's an enemy? As a Christian, can I even have enemies? If so, how do I treat them? 

Many of these questions are pretty easy to answer from Scripture. Where things get difficult, though, is realizing how badly I need to be transformed to be able to follow through. This week, our guest Michele Arndt (pastor, worship leader) helps us gain a better understanding of the extraordinarily high standard Jesus sets when he says, "Love your enemies."

Resources

• Michele's Substack
• Michele's Facebook
• How to Have an Enemy - Bixler
• Divine Conspiracy - Willard
• Matt Tebbe's Substack

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• E129:  Navigating Conflict - A Posture of Empathy & Respect (Apple, Spotify)

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When it comes to healthy conflict, is there something better than being right?

Our guest, Rick Mattson would say, "Yes!" Our concept of right and wrong has a tendency to change with culture, experience, and context. As a result, we need a firmer foundation. Among other qualities, Rick recommends truth and wisdom as trustworthy alternatives to the goal of "being right".

MORE FROM RICK

• Rick’s Website & Blog
• Rick’s books

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• E133: Can We Both Be Right? (Apple, Spotify)

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