Community and Relationships

September 03, 2021

By Alexis Barnhart

Cultivating Resilience during Back-to-School Season

I am keenly aware that our bodies have absorbed a gauntlet of grief throughout this traumatic year. And some of us, for the first time since March 2020, are stepping onto campuses that have been closed for over a year. How then, when we are committed to seeing God’s kingdom come on campus, do we enter NSO well?

August 26, 2021

By Kerrington Maner

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: A 2021 Graduate’s Reflections

As much as I cherished the moment, I wish I had known that it would be the last football game I’d ever attend as a student. Actually, there were a lot of “lasts” that came sooner than I expected.

August 19, 2021

By Frank Espinoza

Empowering First-Gen Students—Tips for Students & Those Who Love Them

As we prepare for a new school year, I believe Jesus’ invitation for us is to see and care for these first-gen students’ unique experiences while also recognizing the agency and gifts they bring—to the campus, our ministries, the world, and the kingdom of God.

August 06, 2021

By Calvin York

Don’t Eat All the Cereal—4 Tips for College Freshmen

The point is that you’ll inevitably hit some speed bumps in your first year of college, and I want to offer you these lessons to help get you through.

July 29, 2021

By Mikee Golingo

Understanding & Honoring Gen Z

As the youngest generation, we may believe the lie that we are useless in times of crisis. But as we mature and understand ourselves more, we should be encouraged and empowered to use our voices.

June 03, 2021

By Kelly Aalseth

4 Tips to Cope with Social Anxiety after Quarantine

Having a certain level of social anxiety after a year-plus of isolation is to be expected. Some of you are about to go back to campus or start working in-person for the first time in a long while. That’s a really big change!

April 09, 2021

By Carrie Carey

The Blessings & Challenges of Community College Ministry

Though I was strongly against attending my local community college, I’ve actually ended up being called to that exact campus to plant an InterVarsity chapter. (Jesus can be funny like that.) And while there are definitely challenges, the truth is I love ministering here!

March 11, 2021

By Chandra Crane

Lessons from Jesus: Growing as Introverted Leaders

I know we can’t peg Jesus’ personality type (although die-hard Enneagram or Myers-Briggs types might try!), but I do think his example offers comfort and encouragement to us introverted folks.

March 05, 2021

By Alexis Barnhart

Ḥuṣpāh: How New Christians Can Lead

“Who am I to lead?” I’ve asked myself that many times. Maybe you have too, as a new Christian. As if our story is separate from the Church, and we don’t belong.

February 04, 2021

By Stephan Teng

A Snapshot of Running Large Groups Online

As campus was closing due to COVID, we felt an invitation to step into the unknown and experiment and learn, to be a community committed to each other even when separated.

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