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A Day in the Life of a Contact Card

You probably haven’t thought about the things I have seen. The connections made. The smiles, the surprises, that look someone gets in their eyes when they feel seen and wanted for maybe the very first time.

Oh, dear students, how key I am to the mission you are on! I am a tether, a lifeline between you and a fresh face, a homesick individual awash in a sea of endless possibilities and ever-present absences. I am hope itself.

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How Embodied Community and Holistic Faith Can Relieve Gen Z's Mental Health Crisis

InterVarsity supports Gen Z by inviting them into vibrant, in-person communities and by giving them tools for holistic spirituality. But to do that well, it’s important to understand some of the underlying challenges contributing to Gen Z's struggles with mental health.
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Meeting God in Grief

“Hey is everything okay at Abundant Life?! My dad just told me there was an active shooter...”

That was the first text I saw when I went on my lunch break on December 16, 2024, and it was followed by many others. People I hadn’t talked to in months, even years, bombarded me with questions. Many of them were the same: Were my siblings okay? The worst part was that I didn’t know. 

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From Uninterested to All-In: Celeste’s Story

Through her experience with InterVarsity, Celeste went from a church kid uninterested in pursuing her faith in college to a fully committed student leader pursuing God’s purpose in her life and future career.
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Equipping the Outsider: Kaitlyn’s Story

Through InterVarsity, Kaitlyn learned that the key to feeling included was learning how to include others.
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Biggest Takeaways From Dallas Willard's "Hearing God"

Discernment is a journey rooted in searching for God and responding in a direction he desires. It’s about hearing God. 
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Every Tribe, Every Tongue: International Student Ministry at the University of Utah

When the time came for Andy to leave Taiwan and pursue a Bachelor of Science in Biology as an international student in America, he longed to find Christian community.
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Sisterhood and Sustainability: Tatiana Ordoñez and the Zuahaza Story

Tatiana Ordoñez is a business owner partnering with artisans in Colombia. After meeting InterVarsity in college and learning about an NGO that works to preserve cultural crafts in Türkiye, she started Zuahaza, a sustainable textile company.
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From Loss to Life-Changing Community: Elijah’s Story

Elijah’s experience in InterVarsity brought him from a closed-off freshman angry at his parents and grieving the death of his best friend, to a sacrificial leader living in a close-knit ministry house and guiding others to Jesus through his leadership at ASU.
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Do We Still Believe in Miracles?

In the first part of my life of faith, I didn’t believe that miracles existed because I never saw a miracle.
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