intervarsity's articles General Christian Selling Everything to Buy the Field “Who’s at the center of your prayers?” I’ve started off with this question during most of my talks at Basileia, InterVarsity’s Spring Leadership Retreat for New York and New Jersey. It’s an important thing to ask. We know that God should be at the center. But money, comfort, and safety too often take center stage […] Written by intervarsity February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Mixed Blessing & Multiethnic Identity—An Essential Read for Everyone “What are you, exactly?” It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot. There’s nothing more alienating than being asked something that boxes you into sharing your personal identity and story because of someone’s preconceived assumption of you. But I had to laugh at Chandra Crane’s response to this question in her new book, Mixed Blessing: […] Written by intervarsity February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Diving into Jonah—In-the-Belly Waiting I don’t like waiting. At all. If nothing else, COVID’s taught me that much. I’m not talking about the casual “I can’t wait for the next Mandalorian episode” waiting. I’m talking about the much more intense, layer-upon-layer waiting season we’re all in right now. We’re waiting for the day when we can go back to […] Written by intervarsity February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian A Snapshot of Running Large Groups Online Buzz! Buzz! Of all my experiences being a campus minister at Cornell University, I’ll never forget that moment in March of 2020 when I was in the student cafeteria, and everyone’s phone started vibrating. The email we’d all been dreading had come: the coronavirus had arrived, the campus was closing, and our lives were about […] Written by intervarsity February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The True Gift of Healing Prayer I’ve always been in awe of Jesus’ healing ministry in the Gospels. So many times he just touches people, and, poof, they can walk! It blows my mind that a simple touch from Jesus could make a man who’s been lame for 38 years walk like he never had a problem. When I was younger, […] Written by intervarsity January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. God calls him, and he just doesn’t want the ministry he’s called to. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah. What comes to mind for you when you think about reluctance? A Reluctant Prophet Jonah had an […] Written by intervarsity January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Parenting beyond the Five-Minute Future If I can just get through the next hour, I can put the kids to bed, clean the house, rotate the laundry, and send a couple emails, I thought. Oh, and I need to prep for tomorrow’s online classes for my girls and set up the tablets for the boys. Just trying to get through […] Written by intervarsity January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian “Three Reasons Why I Thought God Could Never Use Me” After watching the video below, it’s hard to imagine that Socorro ever questioned if God could use her to plant a new thriving ministry. But in the months building up to this moment and even behind the scenes of the video, God was shepherding and guiding this California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) junior through many […] Written by intervarsity January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The Weary World Rejoices If someone told me at the end of March that we’d be in lockdown for upwards of nine months, I would not have handled that well. Each month, I felt a small flame of hope that maybe, just maybe, in the next few months things could go back to normal. Having that flame snuffed out […] Written by intervarsity December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian A God Who Wants to Be Found It’s a big place out there, astronomically speaking. Trillions of galaxies, a billion trillion (that’s the real number) of stars and planets, light-years of distance between them all, in a universe whose edges are unquantifiable and unimaginable. From where we stand, peering up at the night sky, it’s easy to feel lost. Out there is […] Written by intervarsity December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Advent Reflections—A God Who Wants to Be Found It’s a big place out there, astronomically speaking. Trillions of galaxies, a billion trillion (that’s the real number) of stars and planets, light-years of distance between them all, in a universe whose edges are unquantifiable and unimaginable. From where we stand, peering up at the night sky, it’s easy to feel lost. Out there is […] Written by intervarsity December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian One Family—Learning Alongside International Students Janet, a Nigerian student at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston), recently shared news from her home country: stories of kidnappings, corruption, and abuse from church leaders. Her friends think she’s fortunate to be in the US. But Janet recognizes that if she chooses to raise a family here, it will have its share […] Written by intervarsity December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
General Christian Selling Everything to Buy the Field “Who’s at the center of your prayers?” I’ve started off with this question during most of my talks at Basileia, InterVarsity’s Spring Leadership Retreat for New York and New Jersey. It’s an important thing to ask. We know that God should be at the center. But money, comfort, and safety too often take center stage […] Written by intervarsity February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Mixed Blessing & Multiethnic Identity—An Essential Read for Everyone “What are you, exactly?” It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot. There’s nothing more alienating than being asked something that boxes you into sharing your personal identity and story because of someone’s preconceived assumption of you. But I had to laugh at Chandra Crane’s response to this question in her new book, Mixed Blessing: […] Written by intervarsity February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Diving into Jonah—In-the-Belly Waiting I don’t like waiting. At all. If nothing else, COVID’s taught me that much. I’m not talking about the casual “I can’t wait for the next Mandalorian episode” waiting. I’m talking about the much more intense, layer-upon-layer waiting season we’re all in right now. We’re waiting for the day when we can go back to […] Written by intervarsity February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian A Snapshot of Running Large Groups Online Buzz! Buzz! Of all my experiences being a campus minister at Cornell University, I’ll never forget that moment in March of 2020 when I was in the student cafeteria, and everyone’s phone started vibrating. The email we’d all been dreading had come: the coronavirus had arrived, the campus was closing, and our lives were about […] Written by intervarsity February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The True Gift of Healing Prayer I’ve always been in awe of Jesus’ healing ministry in the Gospels. So many times he just touches people, and, poof, they can walk! It blows my mind that a simple touch from Jesus could make a man who’s been lame for 38 years walk like he never had a problem. When I was younger, […] Written by intervarsity January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. God calls him, and he just doesn’t want the ministry he’s called to. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah. What comes to mind for you when you think about reluctance? A Reluctant Prophet Jonah had an […] Written by intervarsity January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Parenting beyond the Five-Minute Future If I can just get through the next hour, I can put the kids to bed, clean the house, rotate the laundry, and send a couple emails, I thought. Oh, and I need to prep for tomorrow’s online classes for my girls and set up the tablets for the boys. Just trying to get through […] Written by intervarsity January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian “Three Reasons Why I Thought God Could Never Use Me” After watching the video below, it’s hard to imagine that Socorro ever questioned if God could use her to plant a new thriving ministry. But in the months building up to this moment and even behind the scenes of the video, God was shepherding and guiding this California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) junior through many […] Written by intervarsity January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The Weary World Rejoices If someone told me at the end of March that we’d be in lockdown for upwards of nine months, I would not have handled that well. Each month, I felt a small flame of hope that maybe, just maybe, in the next few months things could go back to normal. Having that flame snuffed out […] Written by intervarsity December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian A God Who Wants to Be Found It’s a big place out there, astronomically speaking. Trillions of galaxies, a billion trillion (that’s the real number) of stars and planets, light-years of distance between them all, in a universe whose edges are unquantifiable and unimaginable. From where we stand, peering up at the night sky, it’s easy to feel lost. Out there is […] Written by intervarsity December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Advent Reflections—A God Who Wants to Be Found It’s a big place out there, astronomically speaking. Trillions of galaxies, a billion trillion (that’s the real number) of stars and planets, light-years of distance between them all, in a universe whose edges are unquantifiable and unimaginable. From where we stand, peering up at the night sky, it’s easy to feel lost. Out there is […] Written by intervarsity December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian One Family—Learning Alongside International Students Janet, a Nigerian student at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston), recently shared news from her home country: stories of kidnappings, corruption, and abuse from church leaders. Her friends think she’s fortunate to be in the US. But Janet recognizes that if she chooses to raise a family here, it will have its share […] Written by intervarsity December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
