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Feature Article Archives
Of course the main thing was to attend the conference, Following Christ 2002. But we published lots of interesting reading here on FollowingChrist.org. Here's the complete list.
Note: The FollowingChrist.org archive is now static. For the latest news and resources from InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministries, please visit the GFM website. Images of Conversion
Sue Robertson, staff member with Graduate & Faculty Ministries at the University of Minnesota, brings us four of her paintings that explore the nature of spiritual conversion.
Call for Papers: "Identifications"
A graduate student conference is being organized by a group of students who participated in the Following Christ conference this past December — and they would love to invite other FC'02 delegates to submit papers.
The Journey with Jesus
Each week, our contributing editor Dan Clendenin takes a new step in his "Journey with Jesus" — a series of essays on living life with Christ. Here's an index of the ones we've published at FollowingChrist.org, including the latest: "Religious Terror."
Closing Prayer
For months, a team of intercessors has been praying for FC'02, and we certainly witnessed God's answers to their prayers. We hope you'll join us in a few words of special thanksgiving.
Daily News Sheet Feature Stories
At Following Christ 2002, we offered a short feature story in each of our Daily News Sheets, from "Mary Had a Little Lamb" to "Play It Forward." Here they are once again.
Ante Studium
When our lives become more hectic and intense with the pressure of papers and exams the need for prayer seems more obvious even if it is harder to come by.
Education: A Christian View
In the 1970s, the late John W. Alexander (then President of InterVarsity) published an influential booklet on the purposes and pitfalls of education. Here we present excerpts from Dr. A's little classic.
Being a Good Physician
Economist Judy Dean sets up a three-part model for ways Christians can do economics and then expands upon one key metaphor: that of "the physician."
Books of Real Influence
"Recently on a grant application I had to answer the following question: 'What three books, other than Scripture, have had the greatest influence upon you?' Oh dear, I thought, and chewed a bit on my pen...."
An Icy End of the World
Our special correspondent remembers what it was like to attend the first Following Christ conference, held in Chicago back in 1998. We hope that snowplows won't figure so largely in your memories of FC'02 in Atlanta.
Pursuing Virtues: An Essay Series
A complete index to the ongoing essay series, "Pursuing Virtues," written by a group of faculty and graduate students at the University of Kansas including the latest, on perseverance.
Learning in War-Time, 2001
How does September 11 affect our studies? Al Zambone, a FollowingChrist.org contributing editor and Oxford historian, revisits C. S. Lewis's reaction to the similarly cataclysmic events of September 1, 1939, to help answer that question.
The Big Picture
We have four full days to spend together at Following Christ, and each day has a pair of thematic ideas to guide and challenge our conversation. Here's a look at what they are and how they fit together, along with key Scriptures and recommended readings.
"A" Is for Atrium
If you've had the pleasure of staying at — or even stepping into — Atlanta's Marriott Marquis hotel, you know how dramatic the 50-story atrium is. These photos can't do it justice.
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