Valentine's Day Dance 2025!   The Students for Life Organization at Regent University goes to the March for Life every January to support the unborn. They take a bus every year, which they have to pay for themselves, so throughout the year they put on events to raise money for the bus. On February 7, 2025, they put on a Valentine’s Day Dance in order to raise money for the 2026 bus. The event took place in the lobby of Robertson Hall on Regent’s campus, from 7:30 to 11:00 in the evening and was open to the whole campus! It was ten dollars a ticket, or fifteen if you brought a date. The Students For Life Organization has faced many hardships this past school year, including last minute issues with the bus and issues with putting up posters on campus to advertise their events, but they were able to get a good turnout at the event anyways. There was food prepared by the board members and their friends, as well as different Valentine’s Day activities and a photo backdrop. They played m...

Gratitude! I really want to take some time to talk about gratitude, and its importance especially in the context of James 1:17. It is so easy in today’s culture to take our lives and our gifts for granted, and even expect them. I know for me personally, I take the day to day gifts for granted way too often, like my fully stocked pantry and my warm bed with heating to protect me from the cold.  Thank you Jesus for the Little Things: I think that, as Christians, we are called to gratitude for the little things. James 1:17 says that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17, ESV). I think this verse is an amazing reminder that every time anything good happens to us, it is from the Lord and it is a gift we should thank Him for! It is easy to take the good for granted and complain when things get difficult or complicated, but I think we need to flip that around. Gratitude Journaling One way to be more grateful is to practice gratitude journaling ! It is such an ...