It is amazing how much our present circumstances dominate our thinking as we think about our life in the future. Early on staff Continue reading
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The hate-filled words expressed over the months of this campaign season lead many friends, staff, and students today to fear for their safety in the United States. Here is one friend, Jonathan Walton (staff director in NYC), expressing where he is at.
I was challenged by Martin Luther King Jr. in Strength to Love this morning that “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars…Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (p47)
As we reject and speak out against hateful and unjust rhetoric, practice, and systems, Jesus calls us to do it with the love of God, the only thing that drives out fear.
One step of love this morning is to call friends for whom this election causes fear to listen and share as we seek to apply God’s invitation to love in this season.
“Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force, so beautifully exemplified in the life of our Christ, is the most potent instrument available in mankind’s quest for peace and security.” (King, p51)
For more on how InterVarsity is engaging please read Tom Lin’s charge to us found here.
At the regional AMBICIÓN conference (October 28-29), more than 50 students from 17 different campuses experienced deep community, encountered the love of Jesus, and were empowered to engage his mission to reach Latino students across the Midwest. That same weekend, St Louis held training for twenty local students on how to introduce their non-Christian friends to Jesus through studying the Bible together. The students committed to invite 32 of their friends into Groups Investigating God (GIGs). One new GIG even started within 6 hours of the training ending!
I am just over 30 days from ending my sabbatical and going back to my role in the Central Region. One thing I will miss is Continue reading
At Fall Conference, over 100 students from all over Missouri gathered to “Come and See” what life with Jesus could look like in their lives and on campus. 14 students recommitted their lives to Jesus during the weekend. Here’s one of their stories, as told by Josephine, a staff intern at Mizzou.
“Michaela came and saw God. She is a sophomore at Mizzou and she came to Fall Conference not sure what to expect, but what she found was God calling her to recommit herself to Him. I got a chance to pray for Michaela and she shared with me how she has not been attending church regularly and hasn’t found a community that she could grow with. With her not able to see who she is in Christ, she was reminded at Fall Conference of God’s grace and faithfulness. Already, Michaela is taking risks to step out of her comfort zone and share her faith. Praise God for transformed lives!”
What is gained from reflecting?
Of all the things I have waited for in my life, bread was never one until Continue reading
In my sabbatical research on improving my decision making, I found a simple technique to make better decisions – Continue reading
I am glad for the work God is doing in me but there is even better news. Continue reading
The University of Nebraska- Omaha athlete core group just had it’s 2nd annual fall cook-off and saw God line up some amazing ministry opportunities. The hope was to have the 17 core students take ownership, lead their fellow teammates through service, and allow God to provide at least one new student athlete from one of the five teams not yet represented. In the end, over 120 Athletes came out (half the athlete community) , six new student athletes expressed interest in starting a team ministry (two on teams with no current ministry) and 16 more were interested in joining the weekly core group. The core students completely owned the night and lived out their faith as the hands and feet of Jesus in the athlete community!