Compass Check: Summer 2017

|   June 2017

Facing Your Fears

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Take on the summer with this issue and start making your dreams reality—there's a hefty article full of career and life advice. Delve into stories from your peers, and find encouragement when dealing with fear. Also look for guidance around using social media wisely and a snarky collection of bad ideas to not try in college.

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Wounded Wing
You’re looking at a photo of a Mallard male duck that obviously has an injury to one of his wings. This duck cannot fly.
Compass Check Summer 2017
You know the story. Boy meets girl. They get to know each other. Boy and/or girl experience challenges and setbacks, putting a strain on their…
Q&A: I have heard about euphemisms, but would you please explain more about them?
Euphemisms are “the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensively blunt or harsh” (Random House Dictionary…
How to Make Life More Awesome: Set Goals to Prosper
Recently, I received a letter from my past…
“And It Was Good”
In this fast-paced world, sometimes it can be easy to forget to be thankful to God. The days start and end in the blink of an eye, leaving us…
Facing Your Fears
Many who know me wouldn’t realize it, but I have had fearful tendencies in my personality since childhood. Even as an adult I have dealt with a…
Social Media Balancing Act
If you run a Google search for “fired because of social media,” you will find case after case of people losing their jobs as a result of something…
Using Your God-Given Gifts to Glorify
God has blessed each and every one of us with wonderful talents, great or small. In Romans 12 Paul talks about the diversity of gifts in the Church.
How to Fail at Life in College
Few who go through the work of applying to go to college plan to drop out, right?