InterVarsity’s Arts Ministry reaches a wide range of art students, from visual artists, dancers, and actors, to musicians, writers, designers, architects, and ceramists. I had the chance to speak with Alexa McClean and Calvin Chan, Associate Directors for National Arts Ministry, about the significance of Arts Ministry on college campuses ..read more

When I look at a screen these days, a bunch of ads are tapping me on the shoulder trying to get my attention. I can’t even play a game on my phone, watch a show on my laptop, or send an email without a barrage of ads whispering, “Psst, buddy. Have I got a deal for you!” And they’re sneaky. Like they know what I’ve been talking about. The ads align with something I’ve said that week. I’ll randomly mention somebody’s smart watch dying, and soon there are ads for smart watches on everything I look at ..read more

A few years ago, I noticed something strange on my visits to a local bookstore: fully stocked shelves of books on witchcraft, potion-making, and other occult topics ..read more

The conversation went something like this:  "Did you all hear what happened?" my friend said, referencing the news. "It's so heartbreaking. How can one human being do something so evil to another human being?”  "Our sin nature," I blurted out instinctively.    Blank stares. Yes, my response may have been a good Christian theological response, but it wasn’t a helpful one to my friends who don’t share my faith ..read more

Over Christmas break, I was lazy. I didn’t do anything except watch B-level Christmas movies with my parents, work out a little, and read. It was nice … until it wasn’t. I’d just gotten done with a really hectic month of hosting Christmas parties, coordinating schedules, and all the other things my job entails, and I thought a downshift into relaxation mode was exactly what I needed. But I got bored. Really fast ..read more

 The campus I help staff canceled all classes and events this Tuesday due to what looked like a hefty nor’easter winter storm. When I woke up, it was raining, and then, as I wrote this at 4 p.m. that day, not a flake of snow could be seen of the expected 10ish inches we Bostonians had braced ourselves for ..read more

Going to church on Sundays was no longer enough for Cade. He wanted to see his congregation fight for justice outside of the sanctuary walls. He wanted to see the hope of Jesus proclaimed in the streets for all people to hear ..read more

The conversation went something like this:  "Did you all hear what happened?" my friend said, referencing the news. "It's so heartbreaking. How can one human being do something so evil to another human being?”  "Our sin nature," I blurted out instinctively.    Blank stares. Yes, my response may have been a good Christian theological response, but it wasn’t a helpful one to my friends who don’t share my faith ..read more

Dear Urbana 22 participants, Many of you may not know this, but my road to Urbana was marked by trauma. I remember the moment right before the first opening session of the conference. The worship team just finished their set and invited the crowd to be seated. My heart was pounding as I awaited the signal to step into the spotlight. Nervously, I glanced down at my meticulously drafted and redrafted script. Then I began to pray.   A supernatural peace washed over me. I sensed the Holy Spirit telling me, “Anna, you have done harder things than this.”  ..read more

“Behold, I make all things new ..read more