Episodes

  • myStory Mondays - Pastor John Sommerville
    Dec 11 2024

    Pastor John Sommerville serves as the Chief Financial Officer at UNW. While serving as a pastor at City Church in Minneapolis, John wrote a series of Christmas stories and shares one of his favorites with our student body today. Pour some hot chocolate, make a fire, and enjoy John's story.

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    36 mins
  • UNWavering Grace - Ep 13 - Chris Asmus
    Dec 5 2024

    Pastor Chris defines the gospel as Galatians 2:16: "Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ." And that is great news! Justification, being the pone time event in which God equips us with Christ's perfect righteousness.

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    26 mins
  • myStory Mondays - Pastor Jason Peterson
    Dec 4 2024

    Jason Peterson has served as a worship pastor for years at Emmanuel Covenant Church in Shoreview, MN. Jason's life and story are on full display as he unpacks how Christ has--and continues--to work in his life.

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    16 mins
  • UNWavering Grace - Ep 12 - Chris Asmus
    Nov 20 2024

    In Galatians Chapter 3, Paul asks a series of questions to the Church: How did you get saved? How have you actually grown? and How have you seen God's power? The answer? "By hearing with faith." Pastor Chris leads UNW through another Galatians reminder about God's grace through faith.

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    23 mins
  • myStory Mondays - Coach Matt Swigart
    Nov 19 2024

    Matt Swigart is the Head Tennis coach at the University of Northwestern. He shares his story of God's grace through his father's battle with cancer.

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    36 mins
  • myStory Mondays - Ret. Colonel and Chaplain John Morris
    Nov 15 2024

    On this very special Veteran's Day Chapel, Brad Fenske, Associate Registrar at UNW and 20-year Army Veteran, and John Morris, retired Colonel and Chaplain, share their stories of God's incredible provision for them and others in the US Armed Forces.

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    28 mins
  • UNWavering Grace - Ep. 11 - Chris Asmus
    Nov 7 2024

    Pastor Chris unpacks Galatians 2:17-20 which is perhaps the key verse in the entire book. Being "crucified with Christ" means Jesus has moved into our lives in that one can't tell us apart.

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    25 mins
  • myStory Mondays - Dr. Melissa Mork
    Nov 4 2024
    Our speaker today is Dr. Melissa Mork. Her master's and doctoral degrees are in clinical and forensic psychology and she is a professor and former department chair of the Department of Psychology, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement here at UNW. When she is not teaching, she provides crisis interventions and post-trauma triage for survivors and families affected by mass shootings. She is a celebrated international keynote speaker and global consultant, a clinical psychotherapist, grief coach, a Certified Humor Professional, and a couple years ago, she competed for Minnesota's Funniest Person at Acme Comedy in Minneapolis. Dr. Mork has authored a few books on topics of grief and mental health (all available in our bookstore and library). She is the host of the podcast, "Mental Health with Dr. Melissa Mork" and the founder and CEO of Mental Health Matters. She currently has more than 40,000 followers on TikTok. Her hobbies include SCUBA, throwing ugly pottery, and laughing at her own jokes.
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    28 mins