{"id":12195,"date":"2026-02-09T20:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/devotionals\/?p=12195"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:53:35","slug":"nolan-spaenhower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/devotionals\/nolan-spaenhower\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Spaenhower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assistant Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life
Student Life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what Nolan’s recommender had to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nolan joined the Valpo community this academic year, and has hit the ground running with creating positive relationships in the fraternity and sorority community. Nolan has quickly connected with campus partners to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our students’ experience; and created connections with FSL student leaders who impact Valparaiso University with a positive-image of fraternities\/sororities, giving back to the local community, and creating lasting fraternal memories. Nolan, Thank you for your ‘heart’ work with our Valpo students, the FSL community, and your passion for improving processes and procedures with campus partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thomas Arce<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What is the Mustard Seed Moments Initiative?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In\u00a0Matthew 13<\/a>\u00a0Jesus tells the parable of the kingdom of heaven being like a mustard seed (the smallest seed) and when it is planted, it grows into one of the largest plants that can be a shelter for the birds.
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At Valpo we live together in community, and all over campus people are not only surviving but thriving because of the\u00a0mustard seed moments that\u00a0create community and collaboration<\/strong>\u00a0among us.\u00a0Sometimes in the busyness of each day we can miss the chance to celebrate and acknowledge the gift that these seeds are for our community. Therefore, we wanted to create a space to lift these up and celebrate the joy it is to be in a place of community and collaboration and the small seeds that make it possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please use\u00a0the form below\u00a0to lift up someone in the campus community who is creating these \u201cmustard seed moments.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0All those who are recommended will be acknowledged in the Calling & Spiritual Life newsletter and be featured in our\u00a0Mustard Seed Moments stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nominate someone<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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