We're back and we're ready to celebrate, alumni! Welcome to the 200th episode of After IV!

Today, we're joined by three alumni listeners, each with their own stories of After IV helping them transition to life after graduation. Be sure to stick around to the end for a visit from a special mystery guest!

Thanks for celebrating with us! We love you, alumni, and we love navigating life after graduation alongside you.

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Merry Christmas, alumni! We have one last special episode for you as we round out 2025. We are joined once again by Ekemini and Christina from Get in The Word with Truth's Table and they are going to gift us with a reading of Luke 2:1-20. Enjoy, have a Merry Christmas, and we will see you in 2026, alumni!

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We loved studying the Bible on campus with our chapter. How do we keep that up in life after graduation?

In this episode, we take a look at our final method for engaging with scripture: Bible study. More specifically, the communal discovery method that so many of us learned and grew to love during our time on campus with InterVarsity. Veteran Campus Staff Minister, Meghan Fisher joins us to refresh our inductive methodology of Bible study and to help us contextualize the practice to life after graduation.

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Enjoy engaging with Andrea's example of using scripture as a guide for prayer using Nehemiah 1:5-11.

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Have you ever felt provoked to pray?

Do you ever feel so touched by time spent in the Bible that you just have to tell God what you're experiencing? OR have you ever felt like you wanted to pray but just didn't know what to say? Both of these instances indicate the usefulness of scripture in prayer. Sometimes God’s word moves us to respond to him. And sometimes it gives us the right words to say when we just don’t have them ourselves.

Today, InterVarsity prayer specialist Andrea Anderson walks us through the process of incorporating the Bible as a tool for prayer and helps us continue exploring the best practices for engaging with scripture after graduation.

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Which verses do you know by heart?

In the beginning God created...
For God so loved the world...
Jesus wept...

The invitation to hide God's Word in our heart is scattered throughout Scripture. But how much time and attention do we give to memorizing Scripture? And why is it such an important practice?

This week, we continue our series Six Ways to Engage Scripture After Graduation with a conversation about memorizing. We're joined by Jacob Thies, an InterVarsity alum from UW-Whitewater who's had a very unique experience with Scripture memorization. While in school, Jacob had the opportunity to play the role of Jesus in The Mark Drama*, which required a significant amount of memorizing. On this episode, Jacob is going to share about his tender encounter with Jesus while memorizing, and a few of his best tips for memorizing Scripture for ourselves.

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(*If you're unfamiliar, The Mark Drama is exactly what it sounds like: a dramatization of the entire book of Mark. See below for more info.)

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Happy Thanksgiving Week, alumni!

While this week's episode may not include a new conversation, it does include a timely revisit of an opportunity Jon had to explore Scripture with a good friend. Enjoy this conversation with Halley, an InterVarsity alumna from Minnesota State - Mankato, as she and Jon explore Psalm 18 and apply it to some important questions Halley was asking after graduation.

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When was the last time you closed your eyes and just listened to the Bible?

What was the experience like? Do you consider it to be an option for your regular engagement with Scripture?

We’re continuing our series on engaging Scripture after graduation with a conversation about listening. And we’re joined by a couple of experts: Ekemini Uwan and Dr. Christina Edmondson, hosts of the IVP podcast, Get in the Word With Truth’s Table. Every day, their podcast releases a narration of Scripture followed by prayer. And Ekemini and Christina are going to share what they’ve learned about listening to Scripture and some helpful tools for making this a regular part of your faith rhythms with Jesus after graduation.

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