The Blog of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
February 22, 2012
Imagine a kindergartener looking solemnly at a plate of broccoli. Now imagine hearing a father’s instructing voice, “In our family, we do things we don’t like.” That’s my home and my kindergartener. Today it’s broccoli. Tomorrow it might be meatloaf. Hopefully, one day, it’s a life of sacrifice to God.
We’re not just pushing veggies in our home. We’re training for a life in God’s family. Participation in the kingdom of God,
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February 20, 2012
What does prayer look like on campus? Loud and boisterous, drawing attention to itself as it is spoken? Quiet and polite as it moves unseen amid the voices contending for attention? Somewhere in between, as students gather in small groups to lift their voices, seeking God’s favor? All of the above, perhaps?
There have been few times in InterVarsity’s past when concerted prayer for the campus was needed more. Hardly a
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February 17, 2012
All across the United States, Latino student enrollment has increased. This recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center detailed a 24% spike in Hispanic college enrollment—in one year.
But will these students graduate?
Latino college students tend to complete college half as successfully as their peers (19.2% versus 41.1% according to the
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February 15, 2012
This past year, InterVarsity’s ministry has been challenged on 41 campuses (most recently at the University of Buffalo and Vanderbilt University). And while InterVarsity does not enjoy such disagreements, they do provide an opportunity to showcase the value of having an InterVarsity chapter on today’s campus.
So InterVarsity would like to know: Do you believe that InterVarsity makes a difference on today’s campus? If so, how is
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February 13, 2012
Heart transplant patients understand the concept of losing life to find life. For eighteen years I was a critical-care nurse specialist. I cared for many patients with heart problems that needed radical treatment. Some of them believed their doctor’s diagnosis, submitted to the recommended treatment and lived. In essence, they hated their life enough to risk losing it by submitting to radical treatment. Others denied the problem was as bad as it was. Ignoring symptoms, they didn’t take proper
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February 10, 2012
Last Saturday Jeremy Lin was an unknown, sitting at the end of the Knicks bench in Madison Square Garden and wondering if his dream of playing in the NBA was about to evaporate like a mist. He had been released by his hometown Golden State Warriors, picked up and released by the Houston Rockets, and then picked up by the Knicks, who had sent him to their D-League team in Erie, PA, for a couple of weeks.
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February 08, 2012
The season of Lent is almost here. If you aren’t familiar, Lent is a period of 40 days, culminating with Easter, to reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus through prayer, fasting, and giving.
During Lent this year (Feb 22 - April 8), InterVarsity is partnering with World Vision ACT:S and RELEVANT Magazine for Relentless ACT:S of Sacrifice. This campaign offers a series of
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February 06, 2012
It’s been one week since my return to campus, fired up after InterVarsity’s first ever Ambition conference for chapter planting. It was a powerful weekend of learning and gathering together and hearing great speakers say some incredible things about the work in our movement and beyond. I’m now about calmed down enough to offer some reflections.
“It has always been my ambition,” says Paul in Romans 15, “to
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February 03, 2012
The Super Bowl has already morphed from the premiere football attraction to a showcase for commercial creativity, at least in the minds of some fans. But it also has a darker side that is becoming more and more well known.
Mission Network News earlier this week reported on the Super Bowl's role in human trafficking. The report highlights the work of S.O.A.P, Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution, and
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February 01, 2012
I don’t know if everyone can say that they work with people who are changing the world.
I can.
I work with students who partner with God in bringing the truth of the gospel to their dorm communities, their apartment complexes, their classes, their intramural teams, their friends—
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