Last summer, I spent seven weeks in North Lawndale, a neighborhood of Chicago with a reputation for gang violence, poverty, STDs, obesity, and limited access to health care.
I love working with students in my role as InterVarsity staff at Bloomsburg University (PA). This fall, our student leaders have fostered a consistent theme: "the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few" (Luke 10:2). Their conversations reflect their enthusiasm for God's work as they lead their peers on campus.
Erin Hildebrand was a missionary for ten years – before she enrolled in nursing school. As an “older” student, Erin reflects the growing diversity of nursing students today.
As I processed a scholarship application for Urbana 12 this week, I knew that I had to share what one student wrote in response to the question, “Why do you want to attend Urbana?”.
When the NCF leadership team at Wichita State University (KS) met to plan their meetings for the year, they were feeling overwhelmed by their busy schedules and seemed short on ideas. So they started by praying and asking God to come, to speak, to work . . .
There are students starting school this month who are about to have their lives radically altered. They don’t know it yet, but Jesus awaits them – and they will be transformed by this encounter with the living Lord.