Spiritual Formation
Major Decisions: Honoring God in Your Work and Studies
Perhaps you're a freshman or sophomore who needs to declare a major soon. You're overwhelmed by the options and need guidance on where to start. Or you know what you want but seek reassurance. Here are a few perspectives that may help.
How to Avoid Burnout
When we say "no" to nothing, we're unable to say "yes" to important, faith-building, character-shaping practices that sustain us for the long haul.
Why You Should Join InterVarsity
We believe everyone should join InterVarsity! Here are five reasons.
How to Have a Stale Relationship with Jesus (And How to Actually Grow in Your Faith in College)
Want to know how to grow your faith in college? Let us tell you how.
Anxiety and Prayer: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why?
Anxiety drove me into the arms of Jesus. And over the years, I began to see patterns of how some ways of prayer mirror psychotherapy techniques that help reduce anxiety. Going further and studying spiritual formation, I was exposed to even more ways to pray in ways that are helpful. I was intrigued that the little bit of neuroscience that had informed my early graduate work helped me make sense of new discoveries about the brain and how it’s shaped by anxiety and reshaped by various forms of prayer.
The Boredom of Good Friday
Behind Good Friday’s violence lies something more startling and, in some ways, even closer to our daily experience: Good Friday’s boredom.
Interruptions as Invitations — Lenten Reflections
As we enter into Lent, a season marked by repentance and contemplation of the death of Jesus for our sins, let’s ask the Lord to rid us of our pride in our schedules.
That Initial Yes, the Ultimate Yes & the Mundane, Crazy, Terrifying In-Between
So even when it’s hard to say yes, know that on the other side of that yes, on the other side of your fear and uncertainty, there is a better, richer intimacy with Jesus.
Reading the Bible with a Diverse Community
Each of us wears cultural lenses. Our culture lenses shape our worldview, our relationships, our behavior … even the way we read the Bible.
“What Does God Want Me to Do?”: Urbana 22 and the Heart of God
In a way that is so holy and sacred and perfect that it’s almost incomprehensible, God wants.