The AUSA Podcast

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This week, we're continuing our new series on "hospitality!" Brenna and Luke sit down with some friends from Residence Life, Austin Barrett and Cassie Webber, to talk about what hospitality looks like on Anderson University's campus, the ways that Anderson University encourages institutional hospitality, and how we can live into hospitality as students on a college campus. 

Thanks for listening!

If you enjoyed this episode or anything we talked about peaked your interest, we'd love to start a conversation! Do us a favor and share it with your friends, and if you have thoughts or questions you can DM us on Instagram @au411. Now that we think of it, to keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411

Happy International Podcast Day, and welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This week, we're kicking off a five-part series on "hospitality!" Brenna and Luke sit down with Bethany Turner to talk about what hospitality is, the difference between entertainment and hospitality, and how to adopt a posture of hospitality in the day to day. Thanks for listening!

If you enjoyed this episode or anything we talked about peaked your interest, we'd love to start a conversation! Do us a favor and share it with your friends, and if you have thoughts or questions you can DM us on Instagram @au411. Now that we think of it, to keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

Here are some of the resources that were talked about in this episode (or used while planning this episode) if you’re curious about doing some exploring in this topic on your own!

Books: "The Gospel Comes With a House Key" by Rosaria Butterfield; "Eating Heaven: Spirituality at the Table" by Simon Carey Holt

Scripture: Luke 14, 1 Peter 4:9-10

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This week, Brenna, Isabel, and Luke talk about gentleness, kindness, and compassion. We discuss what these three things actually are, the importance of them, our natural inclination to or away from them, our experiences with putting these forward or seeing them come from others, and how they work together to form a beautiful picture of tangible, powerful love — a love that can be felt. Thanks for listening!

If you enjoyed this episode or anything we talked about peaked your interest, we'd love to start a conversation! Do us a favor and share it with your friends, and if you have thoughts or questions you can DM us on Instagram @au411. Now that we think of it, to keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

Here are some of the resources that were talked about in this episode (or used while planning this episode) if you’re curious about doing some exploring in this topic on your own!

Books: "The Way of the Heart" by Henri Nouwen; "Abba's Child" by Brennan Manning; "The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi" by St. Francis, complied and edited by Italian historian and chronicler, Ugolino Brunforte

Scripture: Colossians 3:12, Mark 10:17-27, Mark 6:34, Matthew 9:36

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This is a conversation we've been wanting to have on the pod here for a while, and this season we finally felt poised well enough to do it. It's a pretty real and raw one, so strap in. 

This week, Dr. Wyma, a professor at AU, and Luke talk about suffering, disappointment, grief, and asking for help. Ultimately, this episode is about how to handle a bad day — to clarify, we’re using “bad day” as a sort of shorthand for a difficult time of disappointment, grief, struggle, heartache, and so on. We walk through some appropriate (and inappropriate) responses to and about God in the face of suffering, how to manage bad days maturely and wisely, what Jesus' human experience means for our grief and sadness, and how to show compassion to ourselves and others in the midst of suffering. Thanks for listening!

If you enjoyed this episode or anything we talked about peaked your interest, we'd love to start a conversation! Do us a favor and share it with your friends, and if you have thoughts or questions you can DM us on Instagram @au411. Now that we think of it, to keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

Here are some of the resources that were talked about in this episode (or used while planning this episode) if you’re curious about doing some in-depth exploring on your own!

Books: "Abraham's Silence" by J. Richard Middleton; "Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work Or Watch Or Weep" by Tish Harrison Warren; "A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask, and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us" by Lore Ferguson Wilbert; "God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer" by Pete Greig; "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin.

Scripture: 1 Kings 18-19, Genesis 22, Job

Other: Every Moment Holy Volumes 1 and 2

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! Today, Brenna and Luke sit down with Braelyn and Drew to talk about change. Change can be scary, but it's important to view it in proper perspective. All four of us changed majors in college (whether just once or a few times), so we wanted to try and dispel some of the stress and stigma around making that decision. From there, we talk about change in a broader sense — how to prepare for it, how to meet it, and how to manage it. Thanks for listening! See you next week.

To keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

To get text reminders and updates about events, text AU411 to 54855! We promise—no spam, only fun.

For more information about events and to RSVP, head over to AUnited!

Thanks to the band TENTS for our amazing new intro music, “Insert Some Quarters” and break music “Champ Call.”

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! Today on the podcast Brenna and Luke talk about the mission statement of Student Activities. We break it down line by line, giving you guys a peek into why we do the things we do the way we do them. If you want, try to write a personal mission statement to inform the reasons you do the things you do. We made a worksheet to help - here's the link: https://tinyurl.com/478nh3cn. Thanks for listening!

To keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

To get text reminders and updates about events, text AU411 to 54855! We promise—no spam, only fun.

For more information about events and to RSVP, head over to AUnited!

Thanks to the band TENTS for our amazing new intro music, “Insert Some Quarters” and break music “Champ Call.”

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! New students, this one's for you. On Monday night, we all gathered on the lawn for Trojan Tradition, and two seniors — Parker Marren and Cooper Reynolds — spoke to current and new students about the culture, mission, and legacy of this campus. Today on the podcast, we hear their speeches again and unpack them a bit. Thanks for listening, we're looking forward to this season!

To keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

To get text reminders and updates about events, text AU411 to 54855! We promise—no spam, only fun.

For more information about events and to RSVP, head over to AUnited!

Thanks to the band TENTS for our amazing new intro music, “Insert Some Quarters” and break music “Champ Call.”

Welcome back, everyone! Thanks for tuning in to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! Season 3 of the pod is here and Welcome Week is just beginning, so we couldn't be any more excited. We have a few new faces on the CAT — that's Campus Activities Team for anyone new to the family — so we wanted to give you a chance to meet them! We give you the run-down on all things Welcome Week, and let out some podcast exclusive 'deets' about our Grocery Bingo prizes. Thanks for listening, we're looking forward to this season!

To keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411!

To get text reminders and updates about events, text AU411 to 54855! We promise—no spam, only fun.

For more information about events and to RSVP, head over to AUnited!

Thanks to the band TENTS for our amazing new intro music, “Insert Some Quarters” and break music “Champ Call.”

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This is our last conversation about culture making, so we're a little bit sad, but we couldn't have ended it any better. This we talk with Sylvia Swords and Dr. Turner, a professor at AU, about the culmination of God's project and partnership with humanity — the redemption and recreation of all things!

We begin by looking back over the season and recapping what we've talked about. Then, for the majority of the episode, we take a big picture look at the biblical story, tracing themes and literary design patterns through Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, and Revelation to find out what God has intends the ultimate end of culture making to be. We dive into why this is important for us as we create and cultivate culture, what it means to have hope in light of this New Creation, why it's important that God retains and redeems the things that humanity has made along with humanity itself, and why Christians shouldn't postpone this recreation to some far off and mysterious day way in the future.

Thank you all so much for being a part of this conversation about culture making. At the end of the day, all of this is much less about a good book or a witty turn of phrase and much more about exploring the riches and depths of the central thread of the biblical story. That is, embracing and trusting the God who so giddily and lovingly wants to invite his people back into partnership with him and into a role in a grand, cosmic project — from Abraham to Jesus to you and I.

We think culture making is very important, so if you enjoyed this episode or anything peaked your interest, we'd love to start a conversation! Do us a favor and share it with your friends, and if you have thoughts or questions you can DM us on Instagram @au411. Thanks for listening! 

To keep up with all things AU Student Activities, visit our Instagram @au411! 

To get text reminders and updates about events, text AU411 to 54855! We promise—no spam, only fun. 

For more information about events and to RSVP, head over to AUnited!

Here are some of the resources that were talked about in or used while planning this episode if you’re curious about doing some in-depth exploring on your own!

Books: "Culture Making" by Andy Crouch; "When The Kings Come Marching In" by Richard Mouw; "Heaven is A Place on Earth" by Michael Eugene Wittmer

Scripture: Genesis 2; Psalm 48; Isaiah 2, 60; Revelation 21, 22

Other: "But Isn't The Earth Supposed to Melt Away?" blogpost by J. Richard Middleton