Posts by Chantel Barnard

Chantel Barnard

Chantel (‘19) is a Cinema Media Arts major, who spends her time watching movies and likes to call it studying. She currently serves as the president of Biola’s Black Student Association. Chantel also enjoys spicy food, listening to podcasts and sending memes to her friends.

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  Chantel Barnard's Last Words

  The Self Made Myth

  Chantel Barnard — May 07, 2019

  Earlier this year, Forbes Magazine labeled Kylie Jenner “the youngest self made billionaire.” Immediately, the piece received backlash. For many...

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  That's All We Really Want

  Chantel Barnard — April 22, 2019

  Now more than ever, I am realizing the value in the uniqueness of college. Whether you came in as a freshman straight out of high school or you...

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  Being Chased Down and Pursued

  a guest blog by Kaylee Galvez

  Chantel Barnard — March 25, 2019

  In the midst of walking along the valleys of life, our attention is immediately brought to a sense of wonder as to why we must feel so broken. It...

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  Join GRIT at SCORR

  Chantel Barnard — February 14, 2019

  Join GRIT at SCORR from February 21 - 23, 2019. SCORR, the Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation, is a conference that Biola has had the...

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  The Sky was Never the Limit

  Chantel Barnard — February 05, 2019

  Quentin Keller I was in the fifth grade when I first became aware of my blackness and my emerging womanhood. I was sitting in the classroom and we...

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  Legacy: How Dr. Bernice King Continues Her Father's Work

  Chantel Barnard — January 21, 2019

  Flip Schulke On this day, our nation remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a man who most of us know by the legacy he left for our nation. It is...

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  Internal Rejection

  Chantel Barnard — December 10, 2018

  The Problem: Rejection. It shows up in all aspects of our lives. It affects us personally, professionally, and even spiritually. Any form of...

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  Hand-stitched: Embroidery and Gifting with Bailey McGeough

  Chantel Barnard — October 23, 2018

  Embroidery, cross stitching, needlepoint: art forms that were once viewed as simple time wasters for unoccupied women have been revived for the...

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  Unexpected Friendships

  a blog post by Chantel Barnard

  Chantel Barnard — September 10, 2018

  At the end of last spring while praying I asked God, “Is it even possible to have a healthy friendship with someone whose ideas about the world...