Key Success Factors: Building a consistent presence on campus and a good name socially.

We often talk about the “why” behind each thing that we do as a fraternity, and every bit of it is justified. Knowing our purpose drives us to excel. That is important to keep in mind as we continue. As it applies specifically to our social events, quantity is always important. However, don’t let quantity...

Your Heart is a Bad Source

  Author: Robert Bember Consider your source. There is a lot of bad information out there. This is why professors would rather you say, “My dog ate my homework” than, “I cited Wikipedia” when you turn in your papers. This is why you should just keep scrolling past click bait articles with headlines that end...

Key Success Factors: The importance of leveraging the opportunity to impact campus socially.

As you've heard many times, both by our advisors and mentioned in previous blogs, we have five key success factors. To reiterate, they are pledgeship/recruitment, chapter meetings, cell groups, social and campus presence and leadership. These areas of BYX are crucial for success, and they are all equally weighted in importance, standing firm on the...

Friday Devotional: The necessity of righteousness from someone else.

This year my local church has been reading the entire Bible together, and over the past few weeks we have been going through the Gospel of Matthew. As I have been reading, my mind continues to dwell on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) and particularly how Jesus cuts to the heart of the...

Key Success Factors: Putting the marks of a quality cell group into practice.

Cell groups are real dang important. Now that we’ve established the why, let’s get practical. The four identified marks of a good cell group are transparent life sharing, accountability, fellowship and prayer. Every cell group is going to have its own flavor, but these things are a consistent staple of successful groups. More on that...

Friday Devotional: Building upward from a foundation of brotherhood and unity.

You may have noticed it already but we are putting a lot of effort into defining and explaining our five key success factors through blog posts, chapter visits or changes in programming both nationally and locally. We identified those areas that are critical for success and are committed to the implementation of such things. As...

Key Success Factors: The quality of cell groups affects everything else the chapter does.

“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and...

Friday Devotional: Building an old friendship with Jesus.

There is no way I could have expected the short kid with the oversized head on my five-year-old tee-ball team to still be one of my best friends 23 years later. It’s crazy to think about what we have been through over the course of those 23 years. When I was six, I hit my...

Key Success Factors: Holding a productive and fruitful chapter meeting.

Chapter meetings are an opportunity once per week to gather the entire chapter together. It is in chapter meetings that chapter-wide brotherhood and the exchange of vital information take place. It is where brothers worship and where they receive encouragement from a speaker or activity. Without these weekly “touch points,” the only way to stay...

Friday Devotional: He is a good, good Father.

I’ve got what I think is the best earthly father that I could have asked for. My dad has been the model of patience, understanding, strength and determination. He has been my example of what it means to live a life driven towards knowing Christ. He’s seen me at my best and at my worst,...