Be Loved, Be Bold

For the last episode of this season, Mary Patton welcomes Kitty Hurdle to the podcast. For the past ten years, Kitty has served the campus ministry Cru with her husband Joel in Oxford, MS. Per listeners' requests, Kitty and Mary Patton talk about identity and confidence, false gods, and Kitty's own faith story. At the end of the episode, Kitty reads 2 Corinthians 5:17 as an encouragement to students which says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; the old has gone, the new is here." 

In this episode, Mary Patton welcomes her friend Mary Claude Simons, a junior from New Orleans, Louisiana. During their conversation, MC and Mary Patton discuss MC's many avenues of service, including a mission trip to Africa after high school, The Reclaimed Project in Marks, Mississippi, a recent Young Life retreat, and the new student-led organization The Grove Retreat. When it comes to being a witness for Christ, MC says that there is no perfect time for a student to share his/her faith and that, with God's help, he/she can be bold by simply striking up a conversation with a friend and asking questions. 

In this episode, Mary Patton interviews her sister Lila, who shares about serving as this year's Miss Dixie National for the Mississippi Dixie National Rodeo. Lila talks about trusting in the Lord throughout the process and what it looks like to let her light shine before others in a way that points them to the Lord. We hope you enjoy this episode!

No podcast last week- sorry guys! There will now be one episode posted every other week. In this episode, Mary Patton welcomes Ellie DuCharme and Lauren Fiedler to the podcast to talk about God's work in their lives during their time at Ole Miss. Now juniors, Ellie and Lauren discuss being able to look back on freshman year and see how God gave them just what they needed, especially in connecting them as roommates.

In this episode, Mary Patton interviews her friend Andrew Cofield, who shares his story about loss in high school and college. Andrew shares John 14:1-3 as an encouragement: "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also." 

Ole Miss baseball player Tim Elko describes his journey as a "crazy story," and yet at the same time, he holds a peace about Christ and His plans for his life. "I feel like my story last year was a huge part of why He had me stay here...to be able to have an experience like that to show others that God's always got you," Tim said. We hope you enjoy this episode and the story of how God gave Tim a peace amidst hardship to face trials without doubt, and ultimately with boldness.

For the first episode of the new season, Mary Patton welcomed her good friends Julia Gunner and Katie Morris to the podcast to discuss community and peer pressure. Both actively involved in their college churches and campus ministries, Julia and Katie have great advice for students trying to live Christ-like lives in college.  

Welcome (or welcome back!) to the Be Loved, Be Bold podcast! We can't wait to see what this new season brings.

For the last episode of the podcast, Mary Patton spoke with her friend Alex Gibbs about the ways God has worked through the various leadership positions he's held over the past few years, both in high school and at Mississippi State. Alex shares about how sports reminded him of God's control over his life and how God's purposes are bigger than his own. He shares that he has lately been reminded that his worth is not defined by what he's achieved or accomplished, but by what Christ has done for Him by dying on a cross for his sins.

This week, Mary Patton welcomes sophomore Abby Church and junior Bradford Stewart. Abby and Bradford talk about the different ways God has given them opportunities to share His love at Ole Miss, such as through the student organization Clothed in Confidence and the upcoming student-led project The Grove Retreat. The girls also provide some insight into their deeply rooted friendship, which has blessed them as well as others on the Ole Miss campus.