24-7 prayer is God’s idea. The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray continually.” To pray continually means to “pray 24-7.” It is God’s command. Prayer is often compared to spiritual breathing, or the breathing of one’s spirit. We breathe 24-7. We breathe every 2 seconds for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. We breathe 24-7 because we need fresh air, oxygen, so that our bodies can produce energy. If we stop breathing even for a minute, we can die because our bodies …

1-2-3 TEAMWORK! Bodybuilding, spiritual bodybuilding that is, was the theme of this semester’s Seed retreat. Learning about our place and unique function in the Body of Christ was the goal.
This is the time of year when schoolwork piles up and stress levels hit the roof. Are you feeling tense or disconnected? Take a moment to peruse this issue of Seed and get plugged back in. Enjoy!

Welcome to Seed’s 5th issue! We hope that your semester is going well. We hope our now familiar cover inspires you to sit down and de-stress for even a few small minutes. It seems that for everyone, Spring Break really flew by this year, and now we’re all rapidly approaching the end of the semester. Many of us already have exciting plans for the summer such as traveling, going back home, or working at a summer internship.
This semester’s SEED winter retreat was about finding and achieving our ‘ultimate dream’ (see …

It’s been a rough fall 2006 semester. We know, because when we were conducting the surveys on campus (See last page) for this semester’s issue, students were bent over their textbooks, with large coffees in their hands and stressed out expressions on their faces. We know, because every time we look across from our weekly meetings in Kimmel to the lighted windows of Bobst Library, students are sitting at study tables drooping over their heavy study materials, looking utterly defeated. We know because teary eyed students are struggling over exasperating …