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Andy Kim

Andy Kim serves as the Associate Conference Director and Emcee for Urbana 25.

He’s a strategist, storyteller, and ministry leader who helps the next generation imagine and pursue their place in God’s global mission. He holds an MDIV from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, a BA from Northwestern University, and lives in Urbana, Illinois, with his wife and three kids.

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Andy Kim

The Conference Mountaintop Isn’t the High. It’s the Detox.

There’s a script we’ve absorbed in Christian life... especially around retreats and conferences.

Mountaintop = high.

Regular life = grind.

We go to retreats and conferences hoping to “get filled.” Maybe cry a little. Maybe sing that throwback worship song that always gets us. Maybe feel something again.

And then we come home to a full calendar. To headlines filled with conflict and catastrophe. To the guilt of not living up to what we committed to. 

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Andy Kim

Five Practices for Developing Deep Friendships

Are you satisfied with your relationships? If you’re like most Americans, you probably aren’t. But here are five practices that can help you develop deep friendships.

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Andy Kim

Five Practices for Developing Deep Friendships, Part 2

Are you tired of crappy, superficial, purely electronic friendships?

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Andy Kim

The Secret to Connecting to People Different from Us

What would it look like if, every day, in every conversation, in every social media interaction, followers of Jesus lived out Philippians 2:3-4 in the ways we listened to others?

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