intervarsity's articles General Christian Thriving Chapter Planting & Partnerships in the Middle of a Pandemic In the spring of 2018, Suburban Philadelphia Area Director Justin Tibbels agreed with regional leaders to expand his area’s reach to include northeastern Pennsylvania, largely in response to InterVarsity’s 2030 Calling to reach every corner of every campus. God has been with Justin and his team every step of the way since—even in the midst […] Written by intervarsity October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Book Review: Sheila Wise Rowe’s Healing Racial Trauma Throughout the pages of Sheila Wise Rowe’s Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, I could feel the pain locked inside the stories of so many people. I could hear their cries and feel their anguished souls. And yet, because of Jesus and the forgiveness and resilience he offers, readers can choose hope and work […] Written by intervarsity October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Thriving in the Matrix: A Call to Social Media Breaks Sometimes it feels like we live in the Matrix. These days, what’s real or simulated blurs into confusion. We’re Zoom Zombies submerged in social media, navigating the news as we confront new constrictions. Written by intervarsity October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The Ministry of Physical Presence It was a nice relaxing evening. Work (from home) had gone well. I managed to not burn up dinner. And now I was getting to watch a movie and unwind a little (maybe Bourne Ultimatum isn’t relaxing for everybody, but hey, it works for me). Across my TV screen, a huge crowd milled along the […] Written by intervarsity October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 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 Loading Load more
General Christian Thriving Chapter Planting & Partnerships in the Middle of a Pandemic In the spring of 2018, Suburban Philadelphia Area Director Justin Tibbels agreed with regional leaders to expand his area’s reach to include northeastern Pennsylvania, largely in response to InterVarsity’s 2030 Calling to reach every corner of every campus. God has been with Justin and his team every step of the way since—even in the midst […] Written by intervarsity October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Book Review: Sheila Wise Rowe’s Healing Racial Trauma Throughout the pages of Sheila Wise Rowe’s Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, I could feel the pain locked inside the stories of so many people. I could hear their cries and feel their anguished souls. And yet, because of Jesus and the forgiveness and resilience he offers, readers can choose hope and work […] Written by intervarsity October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Thriving in the Matrix: A Call to Social Media Breaks Sometimes it feels like we live in the Matrix. These days, what’s real or simulated blurs into confusion. We’re Zoom Zombies submerged in social media, navigating the news as we confront new constrictions. Written by intervarsity October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The Ministry of Physical Presence It was a nice relaxing evening. Work (from home) had gone well. I managed to not burn up dinner. And now I was getting to watch a movie and unwind a little (maybe Bourne Ultimatum isn’t relaxing for everybody, but hey, it works for me). Across my TV screen, a huge crowd milled along the […] Written by intervarsity October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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
