Connected- A Podcast By UIdaho Cru: Recent Episodes
Northern Idaho Cru
In this episode, Taylor sits down with Steve and Megan Yen, team leaders for Cru at Washington State University to discuss how and why Christians should engage in the conversation of race, ethnicity and culture. They share their journey of understanding how their ethnicity and culture influenced them and the importance of listening to other's experiences.
Taylor and Josh Corgatelli sit down and talk about the importance of time management and how every thing that you do is forming you into something, good or bad. They discuss helpful spiritual practices from Jesus' life that you can seek to implement in your life to be formed more and more like Him.
In this episode, Taylor sits down with former Cru staff and current pastor at Bridge Bible Fellowship, Kirk Brower to discuss the difference between the Global and Local Church, the role of the church in the life of a follower of Jesus, how to find a church and why it is important for students connected to campus ministries to also be involved in a local church.
Taylor sits down with Nate Anglen, a youth pastor at Bridge Bible Fellowship in Moscow, to talk about how Nate has learned how to walk with God through a significant trial that he experienced last year when he was in a horrific paragliding accident. They talk about how scripture can comfort us in the midst of trials and how sometimes, pain can actually be a blessing because it teaches us more about the Gospel and allows us to empathize with others who are experiencing pain.
Meet Andrew Botterbusch, a senior at the University of Idaho who is one of most creative people that you will ever meet! Hear a little bit about how the Lord has been using him in the lives of his friends recently and how God has been challenging him to be more intentional and generous with his time.
Meet Grace! A senior who has been involved with Cru since her freshman year. Hear about how God has used community to help her grow in her walk with the Lord and what God has recently been teaching her.
Taylor and Jessica have a conversation about what it looks like to navigate the realities of depression and mental health. They talk about what it looks like to walk through it personally as well as how to care for someone who is experiencing it.
We all have experienced immense loss over the last 7 months because of the pandemic. In this episode, Taylor sits down with Emily and discusses how they have tried to walk with God through the various losses they have experienced, discuss how the Bible has encouraged their hearts in this season and the importance of being real with God and others about how you are doing.
Meet Aliya, a junior from Boise who has been involved with Cru for the past year. Hear about how community has helped her grow in her relationship with God and how important it is to take the step of faith to allow yourself to be known by others.
WhyCru is a special segment of the Connected Podcast where we get to hear stories from students who have been involved with Cru the last few years about their experience and what God has taught them in their time in college. In this episode, we get to meet Joe Dekold, a junior who is an outdoor enthusiast and who loves people.
In this episode, Taylor and Jess talk about their experiences with life transitions and what they have learned in those times to help them walk with the Lord through those times.
In this episode, we get to meet some of the women who work with Cru. They share some silly things, they get vulnerable and they laugh a lot together.
In this episode, we get to know the men who serve with Cru at the University of Idaho and hear their piece of advice for students this Fall.
It's move in week at the University of Idaho! In our first ever episode, we briefly share the heart behind Connected, what Cru is as well as some things that we will be doing this semester.