Not sure what to pack for your freshman year dorm experience at JMU? Not to worry! A rising senior and nursing major, Kayleigh has some tips & a packing list for you!

When I went to college, I had a certain plan. I would be wealthy, marry my college girlfriend and be a respectable engineer. You know how many of those things happened? Zero! Instead, things fell apart and God got my attention.

Five tips for making tips your freshman year at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA

She watched other “good christians” around her doing all of the things that “good christians” are supposed to do: reading the bible everyday, praying, being perfectly moral, sharing their faith and these were things that she just couldn’t seem to excel in. Her pursuits of faith often left her feeling worthless, helpless and like a failure. God couldn’t love her in her failure, it didn’t seem possible.

In order for new life to form, first, we must come to the cross, and die.