intervarsity's articles General Christian The Frog Queen—Using Social Media to Serve Others Six days. 200,000 Instagram followers. Meet Joie Parma, a sophomore in The University of Texas at Austin’s Asian American InterVarsity chapter—also known as the Internet’s Frog Queen. The Birth of a Queen This past July saw the birth of Instagram’s viral trend of sharing photos of cats, dogs, and even pop star Harry Styles all […] Written by intervarsity September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The Narrative of the Gospel Versus the Narrative of the World In this season, we’ve experienced many hard things, things that testify to the brokenness of this world and the narrative it operates under. On Sunday, August 23, a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fired seven shots at Jacob Blake while he was trying to get into a car during an attempted arrest. The officer put […] Written by intervarsity September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Looking Back, Around, and Forward this School Year in a Pandemic School just started and it’s not what you’ve ever imagined college to be like. Instead of moving into the dorms, you’re stuck at home. Instead of all the welcome events with free food at the beginning of the year, you’re attending one Zoom call after another. It’s easy to focus on all the things we’re […] Written by intervarsity September 4, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Why Do Evangelism in a Time of Crisis? As many of us prepare for Online New Student Outreach during this pandemic, it’s easy to wonder: Why would I care about evangelism in a time like this? Isn’t just getting myself out of bed each day enough of a risk? Part of Our Healing We need to remind ourselves that we do evangelism in […] Written by intervarsity August 27, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian 4 Tips for Navigating Conversations about Current Events It’s a Sunday morning. Normally, my family and I would drive or bike the 10 minutes to church. But since the pandemic, we’ve started making the trek down to the basement for virtual church instead. As part of our routine, we have the grandparents over for lunch after service. Inevitably, talk strays from the sermon […] Written by intervarsity August 20, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Coming Full-Circle—World Changers Developing World Changers May 2020—Struggles & Blessings Annabelle’s laughter filled the room. “Poly, poly, weeee!” she sang as loud as she could. Before the song had fully finished, Annabelle was already rewinding the recording to replay it. Christine Loesser, InterVarsity’s Area Ministry Director for Central and South New Jersey, smiled at her five-and-a-half-year-old. Virtual learning hadn’t been the […] Written by intervarsity August 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Didn’t Expect That—3 Movies Pointing to God With so many of us stuck at home right now, TVs and screens feel a bit like black holes, sucking in hours of our free time. The Apostle Paul’s words, “I will not be mastered by anything,” seem like a very timely reminder (1 Cor 6:12). That said, movie watching can help us rest and […] Written by intervarsity August 6, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian I Prayed for 3 Friends Each Month: Here’s What I Learned “When was the last time you prayed for your community? For your church? For your city?” I straightened up in my seat as my pastor raised these questions with the congregation last year. “Are the only prayers you offer up to the Lord ones where you ask him to work in your own life?” Unfortunately, […] Written by intervarsity July 31, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian A Counselor’s Tips for Holistic Health during the Pandemic I miss driving to work. I miss meeting with people face-to-face. I miss the freedom of going where I want when I want. With the end of the school year abruptly cut short and the fall semester still uncertain, I’m guessing you’re missing a lot of things too. It’s hard to believe how long it’s […] Written by intervarsity July 23, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian God-Given Gifts & a Global Need—InterVarsity Alumnus Designs COVID-19 Mask “Hey, so the Department of Surgery Chairman is wondering if you can make a COVID-19 mask?” Joshua Kim perked up as he read the email from a doctor at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he worked as a Senior Designer and Program Coordinator. The request was understandable. As the coronavirus pandemic swept the […] Written by intervarsity July 22, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian God Gets There First—Detective Witnesses & Finding Open Doors A kindly man in my neighborhood, Gene, hadn’t spoken to me, nor I to him, in 25 years. This isn’t due to any animosity I’m aware of but, most likely, just due to simple neglect. Recently, things changed. Gene traversed the vast chasm separating us—our back alley—to tell me that his van had been stolen […] Written by intervarsity July 16, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Time to Respond—Giving & Receiving Virtual Calls to Faith The sun beat down without a cloud in the sky. Jesus glanced around the group gathered on the dusty road, looking tired, hungry, and ready for a rest. “Who do people say I am?” Some of the disciples exchanged looks but didn’t answer. Others spoke up, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and […] Written by intervarsity July 13, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
General Christian The Frog Queen—Using Social Media to Serve Others Six days. 200,000 Instagram followers. Meet Joie Parma, a sophomore in The University of Texas at Austin’s Asian American InterVarsity chapter—also known as the Internet’s Frog Queen. The Birth of a Queen This past July saw the birth of Instagram’s viral trend of sharing photos of cats, dogs, and even pop star Harry Styles all […] Written by intervarsity September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The Narrative of the Gospel Versus the Narrative of the World In this season, we’ve experienced many hard things, things that testify to the brokenness of this world and the narrative it operates under. On Sunday, August 23, a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fired seven shots at Jacob Blake while he was trying to get into a car during an attempted arrest. The officer put […] Written by intervarsity September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Looking Back, Around, and Forward this School Year in a Pandemic School just started and it’s not what you’ve ever imagined college to be like. Instead of moving into the dorms, you’re stuck at home. Instead of all the welcome events with free food at the beginning of the year, you’re attending one Zoom call after another. It’s easy to focus on all the things we’re […] Written by intervarsity September 4, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Why Do Evangelism in a Time of Crisis? As many of us prepare for Online New Student Outreach during this pandemic, it’s easy to wonder: Why would I care about evangelism in a time like this? Isn’t just getting myself out of bed each day enough of a risk? Part of Our Healing We need to remind ourselves that we do evangelism in […] Written by intervarsity August 27, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian 4 Tips for Navigating Conversations about Current Events It’s a Sunday morning. Normally, my family and I would drive or bike the 10 minutes to church. But since the pandemic, we’ve started making the trek down to the basement for virtual church instead. As part of our routine, we have the grandparents over for lunch after service. Inevitably, talk strays from the sermon […] Written by intervarsity August 20, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Coming Full-Circle—World Changers Developing World Changers May 2020—Struggles & Blessings Annabelle’s laughter filled the room. “Poly, poly, weeee!” she sang as loud as she could. Before the song had fully finished, Annabelle was already rewinding the recording to replay it. Christine Loesser, InterVarsity’s Area Ministry Director for Central and South New Jersey, smiled at her five-and-a-half-year-old. Virtual learning hadn’t been the […] Written by intervarsity August 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Didn’t Expect That—3 Movies Pointing to God With so many of us stuck at home right now, TVs and screens feel a bit like black holes, sucking in hours of our free time. The Apostle Paul’s words, “I will not be mastered by anything,” seem like a very timely reminder (1 Cor 6:12). That said, movie watching can help us rest and […] Written by intervarsity August 6, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian I Prayed for 3 Friends Each Month: Here’s What I Learned “When was the last time you prayed for your community? For your church? For your city?” I straightened up in my seat as my pastor raised these questions with the congregation last year. “Are the only prayers you offer up to the Lord ones where you ask him to work in your own life?” Unfortunately, […] Written by intervarsity July 31, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian A Counselor’s Tips for Holistic Health during the Pandemic I miss driving to work. I miss meeting with people face-to-face. I miss the freedom of going where I want when I want. With the end of the school year abruptly cut short and the fall semester still uncertain, I’m guessing you’re missing a lot of things too. It’s hard to believe how long it’s […] Written by intervarsity July 23, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian God-Given Gifts & a Global Need—InterVarsity Alumnus Designs COVID-19 Mask “Hey, so the Department of Surgery Chairman is wondering if you can make a COVID-19 mask?” Joshua Kim perked up as he read the email from a doctor at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he worked as a Senior Designer and Program Coordinator. The request was understandable. As the coronavirus pandemic swept the […] Written by intervarsity July 22, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian God Gets There First—Detective Witnesses & Finding Open Doors A kindly man in my neighborhood, Gene, hadn’t spoken to me, nor I to him, in 25 years. This isn’t due to any animosity I’m aware of but, most likely, just due to simple neglect. Recently, things changed. Gene traversed the vast chasm separating us—our back alley—to tell me that his van had been stolen […] Written by intervarsity July 16, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Time to Respond—Giving & Receiving Virtual Calls to Faith The sun beat down without a cloud in the sky. Jesus glanced around the group gathered on the dusty road, looking tired, hungry, and ready for a rest. “Who do people say I am?” Some of the disciples exchanged looks but didn’t answer. Others spoke up, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and […] Written by intervarsity July 13, 2020September 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
