Stories from Campus
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Day-by-day—A Season of Unknowns at NYU

In New York City, one of the US cities hardest hit by the pandemic, God has been clearly on the move.

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New Season, New Approaches—Virtual Ministry during a Pandemic

Through these Bible studies, even in digital spaces, God began extraordinary works of revival. 

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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 had the honor of team-teaching the second half of the book of Mark. For thirty hours during the week, thirty-two students and my coleader and I joined Jesus and his disciples in the struggle to understand the nature of discipleship and follow Jesus to his cross.

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A Risky Move

I didn’t expect Jesus to show up in a bar that evening. No, it wasn’t a hipster dude with a big beard. It was at my high school reunion where I reconnected with Chris—a formerly awkward and quiet student who now sported snazzy glasses, stylishly gelled hair, and an identity as an openly gay man.

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What Community Colleges Teach Us

I love community colleges. When I tell people I work at a community college, most seem surprised or perplexed.

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Then a Bible Study Broke Out

So, the other night I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.

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My Students Change the World

I don’t know if everyone can say that they work with people who are changing the world. I can. I work with students who partner with God in bringing the truth of the gospel to their dorm communities, their apartment complexes, their classes, their intramural teams, their friends—to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and to campuses around the globe.

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Jesus in Witte Hall

“. . . and well, God is in my life now,” Sam said with a smile, as she hopped out of her chair and ran around the room, holding out her hands to receive high-fives from our chapter.

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Flooded Homes Cleaned by InterVarsity Students

Driving down Main Street in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, InterVarsity students from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) were amazed to see two homes that had been pushed off of their foundations by the recent floods.

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Why Live in the Dorms?

I’ve been asking myself that question a lot recently. I’m a junior living in the dorms. That doesn’t make sense. At least that’s what people tell me.

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