Ethnicity, Reconciliation, & Justice

November 29, 2012

By Abigail Zimmer

Loving Jesus and Students: Daniel Bourdanné at Urbana 12

Daniel Bourdanné’s life was profoundly impacted by the ministry of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) when he was a student in Chad, his home country.

November 28, 2012

By Sarah Orner

Who's at Your Table?

Showing hospitality by sharing a meal is one of my favorite ways to serve others. But I learned a lesson from Jesus in hospitality while my husband, Kevin, and I were living in a rural community in Panama with the indigenous Ngäbe.

November 21, 2012

By Adam Jeske

Who's at Your Table?

The extended family, the neighbors, and everyone else within earshot smiled and walked over. Our friend, James, and his brothers grabbed the rooster and a butcher knife. One of them slit the throat. The proverbial chicken with its head cut off ran around for a minute before receiving the second insult of being hung from a tree to drain. A fire was kindled, water boiled, feathers plucked, guts gutted.

November 16, 2012

By Amy Hauptman

This Is Racist

There is a time for righteous anger—the kind of anger that drives us to stand against injustice and blatant racism. For some of us, racism is a daily experience. For others, racism seems virtually uncommon.

November 15, 2012

By Abigail Zimmer

Glorifying God by Fighting Injustice: Chai Ling at Urbana 12

Chai Ling knows that students have a powerful voice in the world—she was a leader in the Tiananmen Square strikes in 1989.

November 13, 2012

By Adam Jeske

David Platt to Speak at Urbana 12

David Platt wants you to follow Jesus and lead others to do the same.

November 05, 2012

By Drew Larson

The Mystery of Nations

In 28 hours I can be in Thailand. I just looked it up, thanks to the miracle of the Internet, although I use that term loosely (miracle, not Internet). Right this moment, I can book a flight from Chicago to Bangkok and be wheels-up to Thailand in six hours, carrying nothing with me except a messenger bag filled with beef jerky...

October 25, 2012

By Greg Chimitris

What Would Jesus do with $40,000?

Money can be a confusing topic for us Christians. There are a lot of competing ideas out there about how we should use it. Conversations about it make us tense and uncomfortable.

October 16, 2012

By Chris Nielson

Can God Use My Vote?

How often do we view our citizenship as a gift that we’ve been given to steward?

October 08, 2012

By Alice Lor

Relearning Success as a Hmong American

The year I graduated from law school turned out to be a momentous occasion for my relatives. That year, not only did I graduate from law school, but I also had one cousin graduate from law school and another graduate from pharmacy school.

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