Talk to Whittier College freshman and one word comes to mind: real. Kelsey's full of faith and a love for God. and yet unlike pop culture's latest version of teenage spirituality—actress Mandy Moore in the movie Saved!—Kelsey's also down-to-earth, witty, and refreshingly honest about her struggles, and her successes. She spoke recently with the Journal's
There's a big difference between believing in God and actually understanding Him.
Definitely. It's interesting that you bring this up because I got an academic scholarship to come to Whittier, and I have to maintain a certain GPA in order to keep it. Especially with this calculus class I'm taking, there just seems to be a lot of potential for stress. And so one of the things I've been trying to sort through is who God is and how that relates to my academic performance.
