Spiritual Formation

July 09, 2013

By Anonymous

Living for God Is Hard, Part 1: Stories from Urbana

I look like a pretty typical Christian girl. I grew up in a Christian family like most of my friends involved in campus ministries. My parents were missionaries when I was younger. I’m pretty sure I held the Sunday school record for flipping to the correct book of the Bible the fastest. And by the time I began college I had already been on two mission trips.

July 08, 2013

By Tyler Trephan

What God’s Doing at Lehigh: Stories from Urbana

This week at the blog, just over six months since close to 16,000 of us gathered in St. Louis, we’re telling stories from Urbana 12.

July 04, 2013

By Amy Hauptman

The Freedom of Obedience

Today we celebrate freedom as a nation. But how are we to view freedom as Christians?

June 25, 2013

By Keith Sun

Summer Reading Recommendations

For those of you who are more inclined to read, summer can be a grand opportunity to take in new books that can help strengthen your faith and broaden your experience of Jesus.

June 20, 2013

By Matt Meyer

Thou Shalt Take a Vacation

God wants you to have a vacation. Seriously. Let me explain: Yes, God wants you to work hard and be faithful in school, at work, and in all of your responsibilities, whatever they might be.

June 11, 2013

By Lisa Rieck

How to Really Live Out the Sermon on the Mount

Remember your commitment to keep growing in faith over the summer? InterVarsity Press happens to have some great new resources to help you do just that: the LifeGuide in Depth Series.

June 06, 2013

By Jacci Turner

Twelve Tips for Growing in Faith This Summer

If your life is like mine was, summer means leaving the support of your InterVarsity fellowship and church and living in the spiritual desert of your home environment. Without even a strong church tie at home, I spent my first two summers caught in a harmful cycle of sin, guilt, and little spiritual growth.

June 04, 2013

By Alice Liu

Chapter Focus Week: Scenes Around the Cross

At the end of every spring semester, college students across the nation gather for weeklong InterVarsity training conferences called Chapter Focus Weeks. And this year at my area’s chapter camp, I

April 30, 2013

By Lisa Liou

InterVarsity, the PTA, and Me: How I Learned to Engage

Last August, when my daughter started elementary school, I must confess that the only thing I could think was, Free at last. We had finally reached the milestone of public education for six-and-a-half hours a day, five days a week.