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BETHEL DOES Jared Nelson Sports Editor
Q&A with CARA Wald
About 30 minutes after his chapel speech concluded, Bob Goff strutted into the President’s Dining room with a beaming smile on his face and a case of Redbull under his arm. Yellow flowers acted as the centerpiece for a long table, with Goff at the head, surrounded by roughly a dozen students, faculty and administrators. As Goff spoke, wisdom poured out. He was encouraging, challenging and downright philosophical.
"God didn’t give you influence so you could teach people. He gave you influence so you could love people."
"We spend so much energy trying to be understood, but living a life for Christ means constantly being misunderstood." "You are not defined by your successes and failures. Youre defined by your love."
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Getting Bob Goff to Bethel was the work of Laurel Bunker and the Vocation Committee. Bunker was in a group of Bethel administrators lucky enough to hear Bob Goff speak a few years back at the Global Leadership Summit, and she dreamt of the possibility of bringing him to campus. Outreach Speakers, the same group responsible for getting speakers like Bernice King and Jay Warner Wallace, orchestrates the appearance of Christian speakers at events, and boasts Goff as one of their clients. Bunker knew that it would be a steep
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As dishes and desserts were being ushered in by dining room staff, plates accumulated in front of Goff, whose mouth was far too busy sharing about his family, his failures, his faith and his fervor to eat. He never lost his childlike enthusiasm as he jumped from story to story, taking questions and challenging minds with the occasional question of his own. While Goff was not bashful about promoting his book, Love Does, the purpose of his visit was to challenge students. He called them to love. Goff insisted that love is as much of an act as it is a feeling, calling students to give what they have to help the hungry, thirsty and imprisoned. One of the students with whom Goff’s call resonated is Bethel senior Nick Kruse. Recently, Kruse and his friends have been making a concerted effort to seek out strangers and love on them by opening their ears, forming relationships and sharing the gospel. As Kruse sees it, what he and his friends are doing is as much an act of accepting as it is of giving. “We’ve been receiving,” Kruse said.
“When you put on the spiritual lens and you see people with the heart that Jesus would see them, you just accept them.” While Kruse was eager to speak on the fantastic experiences in his life as of late, he was also quick to give the credit where it’s due. “It’s not a Nick Kruse thing and it’s not our friend-group’s thing," Kruse said. "It’s a God thing. It’s the Gospel.” Goff’s message couldn’t have come at a better time for Kruse and his friends, who are making radical changes in the way they interact with everyone they meet, emphasizing tangible service, evangelism and love. They’re hopeful that Goff’s message will resonate with the student body at Bethel and will open their minds to dream bigger. Kruse summed up Goff’s call to Bethel very simply. “The biggest thing we could do is open up the word and see what Jesus wants,” Kruse said. “God doesn’t just want us to have a normal life. God wants us to go out there and live a crazy life and make a mark. At the end of the day, he wants us to leave a legacy of love.”
price for a man as merited as Goff, but the convocation committee and campus ministries were determined to make it happen. They originally wanted Goff to speak in the spring, but Venture Expeditions, a Twin Cities non-profit that sponsors humanitarian efforts through adventures, featured Goff as the guest speaker at their Gala on Friday night. He would be in the area during homecoming weekend — Bunker had her chance. “It was much easier than
I expected,” Bunker said of getting Goff to campus, adding that Outreach actually shaved a “few thousand dollars” off of the price because of his other engagements in the city. For Goff, he accepted the invitation because he felt like he had the opportunity to “move the needle” in students’ lives. “With you guys everything changes,” Goff said. “You guys will go out and actually do something.”
"With you guys, everything changes. You guys will go out and actually do something."
through 4 games 18 rushes for 101 yards and 2 touchdowns 14 receptions for 157 yards and 1 touchdown 14 punt returns for 218 yards Photos for the clarion by nathan KloK
After transferring from South Dakota State, halfback Bridge Tusler has provided a spark to the Royal offense.
BRidge finds the right fit at Bethel n D1 transfer has “totally bought in,” provides Royals with dynamic offensive weapon. Maddy Simpson for The Clarion
Bridge Tusler sat with his grandfather and read aloud the messages sent to him by Steve Johnson, head coach of the football team at Bethel University. “You come to Bethel, you’ll be a way better father, a better man.” The tears that filled his grandfather’s eyes were the only affirmation Tusler needed. He decided to transfer to Bethel. Tusler, a sophomore transfer from South Dakota State University, brings to Bethel a string of athletic achievements. At Osseo High School in the northwest suburbs, he was selected as the AP Player of the Year, Gatorade Player of the Year, and earned the prestigious Mr. Football award for his work on the gridiron. His credentials put him on the recruiting radar for schools all over the Midwest for both basketball and football. “It was stressful, to be honest,”
Tusler said of making a decision. “I wanted to choose the right spot for me.” At the top of his list were the University of Northern Iowa and South Dakota State University. The only Division III school that he seriously considered was the University of St. Thomas, but Tusler was set on going Division I. He committed to play football at South Dakota State, electing to end his career as a basketball player. It was after only one semester of football at SDSU that Tusler realized he had made the wrong decision. He was frustrated. He had gone from being a starter in high school to being a scout player in college. Tusler was also dealing with a foot injury at the time that impeded his ability to play. “I hated it,” Tusler said. “I had a really bad attitude.” Not only was Tusler struggling with football, but his mindset had also shifted by the end of the fall. “Once the football season’s over, I’m ready to play basketball. I don’t
want to work on more football,” Tusler said. With his passion for basketball outweighing his desire to play Division I football, Tusler began looking for a new school after his spring semester at SDSU. His top choices were St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. and Bethel. Childhood friends of Tusler, Bethel sophomores Jackson Canfield and Brycen Wojta supported him through his decision. “We reached out to him just on the basis of how he was doing through the whole process and wanting to be there for him as a friend,” Canfield said. During his decision making process, Tusler determined what he really wanted out of college. He wanted somewhere where he could play both football and basketball, where he would be academically challenged and where his faith would flourish. At Bethel, Tusler has been able to check all three of these items off of his college wish list.
Tusler’s desire to play both football and basketball is realized at Bethel. Johnson and head basketball coach Doug Novak work closely with Tusler to allow him to be involved in both sports, as they have done in the past with athletes like Canfield and former All-MIAC defensive end and post player Luke Buttenhoff. Bethel poses more rigorous challenges in the classroom compared to SDSU. The class sizes are smaller, creating a higher accountability for Tusler. The tests and quizzes are in class instead of online. “I’m a little more stressed out now because of school,” Tusler said. “At SDSU I had the mentality, ‘School’s school, but I’m here to play football.’ But Bethel is real.” For Tusler, the most important of the three college requirements was the faith aspect, as his faith has always been an important part of his life. Tusler grew up in a Christ-centered home and at a church with a community similar to that of Bethel. “It’s been a perfect fit,” Johnson said. “He enjoys the spiritual piece
of it. He’s totally bought in.” Not only has Tusler fit in seamlessly to the culture of the program, he’s found his niche on the field as an electrifying punt returner as well as a receiving option out of the backfield. His versatility makes him a matchup nightmare for defenses, and his vision and shiftiness in the open field keeps fans on the edge of their seats when the ball is in his hands. He is third on the team in rushing yards, second in receptions and he currently has 218 punt return yards, more than twice as many as any other MIAC player. More important than the plays made are the relationships he has developed on the team. His teammates are his roommates. They do life together on and off the field. “I don’t want the football season to end,” Tusler said. “This is a true brotherhood here, from the moment I stepped on the field. Bethel is helping mature and shape me into the man I want to be.”
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