The Rev. Jeanie Collins has always been focused on the Big Questions: why are we here, what is my purpose, why do bad things happen? In her ministry to students at Rutgers University, RUSpiritual, she facilitated discussions on the Big Questions, and though it was not her intent to answer these universal puzzles, the act of engaging in discussion proved helpful to anxious young people.

“It always comes down to connection, although that has been difficult lately because of COVID. We are social creatures.”

Collins joined the Tuckerton Presbyterian Church community in January and also works closely with the session of…