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Taylor University, Upland, IN
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024
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Brecken Mumford

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Brecken's Breakdown: Everyone isn't for everyone

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Something I say a lot? I love people. Something I mean whenever I say it? I love people. Something I strive to do? I love people. Something I don't always do well? Love People. Throughout this semester, I've really realized just how much I say that . . . that I love people. ...

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Getting in the Sunday swing of things

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Sundays from 3-5 p.m. in the Kesler Student Activities Center (KSAC) aerobics room, a handful of students lace up their shoes, play big band jazz and dance the afternoon away. This is Taylor University's Swing Dancing Club. The Swing Dancing Club began as an informal gathering ...

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Brecken's Breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Have you ever had to make a difficult decision and sought the advice of someone else - or maybe even multiple people? Have you ever already known the choice you wanted to make but felt like you had to seek out validation for that particular decision? And even though you get ...

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Brecken’s Breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Have you ever been so overwhelmed by people, places, things, ideas - nouns - that you feel stationary? You want to say something, but all the words get stuck in the back of your throat? You go to move, to capture, to do something, but you're left dumbfounded? Yeah, me too, ...

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Brecken’s breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Tuesday night, I saw my dear friend Paige McCourt ('16) for the first time in too long. A beautiful young woman named Patience gave me one of the best hugs I've ever been given, 10 minutes after meeting me. Nirup Alphonse (our Spiritual Renewal speaker) introduced himself ...

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Brecken's breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Echo Hey, you. Yeah, you with the paper - over here! I've got some things to say to you. Now that I've got your attention, let's get down to business: I don't know if you've noticed, but we have a brand new school year on our hands. Everyone is back on campus, classes are in full ...

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Brecken’s Breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Contributor Two weeks everyone, two weeks. That's all that's left of the school year-three if you count finals week. But that's it . . . two. How did we get here? I never really believed my mom when she said that time just flew by; that we grew up too fast for her. When I was a ...

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Brecken's Breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Echo It's been a few weeks since spring break, and what a few weeks they have been. I hope you find space to rest and recharge as we press ahead toward Easter. I spent my spring break in Orlando visiting Disney World and Universal Studios, and let me tell you, I spent way too much ...

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Brecken's breakdown

By Brecken Mumford | Contributor Welcome, readers, to the second installation of "Brecken's Breakdown." This week I'm going familial; I'm going to talk about my youngest brother. Cash is a funky, jean-hating, video-loving 11-year-old. I mean, with a name like Cash, how can he not be awesome? He's always ...

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Brecken's breakdown: loving like fools

By Brecken Mumford | Contributor She's a Professional Writing major with sass and class. She hordes tea in her closet and is obsessed with her home state of Michigan. She can sing every lyric of Hamilton, and her words will soon be floating across your mind with a new melody. Brecken Mumford is our ...

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