http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/spotlight en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:11:42 -0600 editor@studentsoul.org http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/say-grace#com2298 Do I have to say grace before I eat?

"np comment..."  read on » ]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:42:18 -0600 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2286 How to care for your soul

"So inspiring...."  read on » ]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:15:31 -0600 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/mothers-nightmare#com2264 Every Mother’s Nightmare

"one of my favorite church fathers, and I love his "confessions"!..."  read on » ]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:00:52 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/personal-invitation#com2240 The power of a personal invitation

"I am sitting with my IV group right now and I am so blessed that a friend in IV gave me a personal invitation that lead me to befriending such amazing and beautiful people...."  read on » ]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:03:49 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2229 How to care for your soul

"wonderful!!!!!..."  read on » ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:39:48 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/yes-no-lead#com2161 Should you say yes or no to leading?

"I say Amen to the last paragraph. Thanks for sharing..."  read on » ]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:13:33 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/my-black-identity#com2148 My black identity: a multiethnic journey

"This was so enlightening to read...it's the story I saw second hand as your roommate, but the story I can still learn from here and now as your continued friend. I love you Jade!..."  read on » ]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:19 -0600 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2112 How to care for your soul

"Hope this helps..."  read on » ]]> Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:30:18 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2101 How to care for your soul

"Soul Food..."  read on » ]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:46:55 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2100 How to care for your soul

"Just thougth this article might be good for the soul. Please share with Terrell and Danielle...."  read on » ]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:46:20 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2099 How to care for your soul

"Just thought this article might be good for the soul...."  read on » ]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:45:21 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2098 How to care for your soul

"Just thought this article may be good for the soul...."  read on » ]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:44:11 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/fiction-for-troubled-times#com2079 Fiction for troubled times

"Thanks, Marie and Nathan! I'm glad it encouraged you. I've now finished that internship I mentioned, so I'm on the job-hunt--again. Interesting that this old essay should be posted now, huh? God's talking. Thanks for reading...."  read on » ]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:40:58 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/fiction-for-troubled-times#com2078 Fiction for troubled times

"Thanks for your encouraging reflections!..."  read on » ]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:33:58 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/bible-in-three#com2073 I read the Bible in three weeks

"I just looked at my calendar and I have exactly three weeks between when my job ends and when school starts. Interesting... The first line hit me. "For years, I carried a guilty secret. I’d devoted my life and career to the God of the Bible, and yet I had never actually read the entire thing." I think this is a challenge each person who calls them self a Christ follower should consider! I'll write back at the end of the summer to let you know if I lived up to my words!..."  read on » ]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:07:18 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/fiction-for-troubled-times#com2072 Fiction for troubled times

"Thanks for your thoughts on how to keep hope and faith in the job search. Keep up the excellent writing. ..."  read on » ]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:02:19 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/yes-no-lead#com2066 Should you say yes or no to leading?

"A great article for anyone who is considering leadership!..."  read on » ]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:07:42 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2064 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Postscript: It’s very easy to torment ourselves over things we can do nothing about, and thus ruin the gifts that God has given us in the here and now. Lately I have found a certain hypnosis CD to be very helpful in dulling (if not eliminating) my obsessions about the past. It’s called “Allowing One’s Self to Get Past It” by Dr. J from head-cleaners.com. (The postage is cheaper if you get it from Amazon.com) I heartily recommend this CD to anyone struggling with painful realities...."  read on » ]]> Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:47:24 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/healing-the-healers#com2058 Healing for the healers: Nursing students transformed

"I am interested in the Pyramid of Needs display. That could be a non-threatening way to introduce deeper topics of discussion with a variety of students at our nursing dept. Thanks!..."  read on » ]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 15:26:21 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/bible-in-three#com2057 I read the Bible in three weeks

"Hey I take it as a challange an I shall make it so. But I been called to read it in two week and I have one week left? I hope your right! ..."  read on » ]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 21:07:50 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/bible-in-three#com2056 I read the Bible in three weeks

"Nate - I wanted to echo Marshall. I was excited and encouraged enough by the article. It was a nice surprise to see that you're the one behind it. One of the things I've been trying to do lately is to read the Bible in bigger chunks. So many of the books and letters of Scripture seem to be written to be read aloud (or at least in one sitting). Even if you can't read the whole Bible in three weeks, you can read Ephesians over one cup of coffee. Do you think you'll go back to micro-analysis and systematic theology right away? Will you incorporate some bigger-chunk-reading into your daily and weekly rhythm?..."  read on » ]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 19:26:34 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2055 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Mark-- Thank you for sharing your story with me. It's interesting how we can torment ourselves over things that have no relevance today. Essentially, we are asking our wives to change the past, which is obviously impossible. My wife is has lived an exemplary life for the past 29 years. Years back I used to go to a charismatic Bible study, where they spoke of a thing they called "the healing of bad memories." I've been praying for just such a healing. But in the meantime I've found it helpful to crowd out my obsessive thoughts by repeating to myself the words from Psalm 103:12, "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our sins from us." I keep repeating it over and over, until my other thoughts are completely crowded out. Another verse I find helpful is Romans 8:1--"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Also John 8:11-- "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." In this verse Jesus gives the adulterous woman a clean slate. He doesn't ask her to change to past, just not to repeat it. Likewise, we cannot ask our wives any more than this. Also, it's so much easier for a person to repeat a mistake once it has been made. So if our wives have been faithful for nearly 30 years, we can pretty much count the issue as buried. My wife actually had affairs with two men, and unfortunately, one of them is a shirt-tail relation that we see at nearly every family gathering...."  read on » ]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 02:52:13 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/care-for-soul#com2054 How to care for your soul

"I totally agree with this passage. It is so true that most of the time our soul is crying out for something more than the world can offer. Sometimes we just need to spend time with God. He is our heavenly father and just like our earthly father it's good for him to hear from us. When were away to long he calls us and our souls hear him but we ignore. Invite him in you'll be glad you did. God bless..."  read on » ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 09:28:26 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2049 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Im getting married in 3 months, and just found out yesterday that my husband to be had sexual activities with his family friends. These are people that he introduced me to over the period of time we have gotten to know eachother. I feel disgusted and very hurt. I feel like it's all still a bad nightmare. One of the girls who I also asked to be my bridemaid. Now, I don't even want her in my wedding party. All of this, he was hiding from me, because of his fear to hurt me. But it turned out that I found this out on my own. And he decided to finally open up and tell me everything from his past. things that he had denied. I don't know how to move forth. Im still in shock, and don't know how I will overcome this. ..."  read on » ]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:16:15 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/urbana-lunch-money#com2042 Lunch money inequity at Urbana 09

"I find it alarming that IVCF is getting involved in a historically leftist (formerly tied to communist and nazi support) and still tied to current radical leftist political ideology (Progressive and Marxist by nature). Please read up on the movement before supporting it. Know whom you are associating with. It is not Christ. Christ did not call for social justic of the Roman Empire and pool donations from Christians to lobby the Roman Senate for funds to help the poor in Judea. They did it directly and they did it voluntary, not trying to leverage the power of the Roman Empire to joint venture with the believers. ..."  read on » ]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:24:51 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2037 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Zeke, I have some things on common with you, though as you will read some differences. I have been married for 28 years and while my wife has never been unfaithful, she had 4-5 lovers in college. She told me about them, regretted them, and has lived an exemplary life. I managed to put it all away for decades, literally. Recently though, we have had some minor relationship adjustments, kids leaving the home, retirement, etc. I have began to remember those talks we had back then and visualize her acts (in morbid, nauseating detail). We have talked and she still apologizes and tells me should wishes she could rewrite those times in her life..but the images are now chronic with me. I have prayed on it, spoken to a clergyman, it helps but sooner or later the college dorm-room images and her willing participation come flowing back. I am miserable, for I know that these were so long ago (and I was no innocent in my school days), I can't make them go away! Talking to her just makes it worse and hurts her...I am drifting and would be lost without her but she has earnestly told me that she feels I just "repressed" my feelings when we were first married (and for many years) and has offered me my freedom if I believe that she was truly not "good enough" for me. I am committed to her, but the pain is unbearable...."  read on » ]]> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:38:30 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/creating-artistic-events#com2036 Creating artistic events and sacred spaces

"This is fantastic. Thanks for writing this and posting!..."  read on » ]]> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:38:20 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2033 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Thank you for the great article. Two years ago my wife told me about an affair she had about 30 years before. She's been faithful to me for over 29 years, and yet a day doesn't go by (actually scarcely an hour goes by) that I don't obsess over it. I promised her about a year ago that I would never bring it up again, but I can't get it out of my mind. The other day she mentioned him again. I changed the subject quickly...."  read on » ]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:21:59 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/forgive-sexual-past#com2032 How can I forgive my fiancé’s sexual past?

"Alyssa, So, you had sex outside of marriage as well, got pregnant, and you can't forgive someone for doing exactly what you did? That's disgusting. ..."  read on » ]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:28:58 -0500 http://www.intervarsity.org/studentsoul/item/why-pray#com2017 If God is in control, why do we pray?

"Thank you so much for your article...I am preparing for a women's bible study tonight and prayed for God to give me some insight into a area of conflict we had at our last meeting. Your article really gave me some God-sent persperctive!!..."  read on » ]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:45:26 -0600