*sigh* Life has been moving at a break-neck pace over the past three weeks...I'm stealing little moments where I can to process things, and in those small moments when I stop to pray, God has been faithful to meet me, in new places.
One of the things on my mind lately has been the way that InterVarsity has shaped my life. I remember showing up to a weekend conference called Genesis and having no clue who this guy named Curt Wilson was and why he was clearly trying to make an effort to engage me in conversation. I remember showing up late to my first Chapter Focus Week because my car broke down in Gaylord on the way up, and being new to the camp and anticipating what was in store for the week. Never would I have imagined having Curt's Christmas family photo on my fridge, nor staffing Chapter Focus Week. But what has been one of the most important things that InterVarsity did in my life was to show me the value in community. InterVarsity began to walk me into the riches of living in community in the Body of Christ. It continues into my life today. I have found a wonderful group of ladies at my church, which is wonderful in its own right. This is my home, my family. Something I never imagined could be mine.
I'm thinking about these things as I watch new generations of InterVarsity students come and go. I watch them consider going to Compelling, to Chapter Focus Weeks. I watch them consider what they are risking in making choices to follow Jesus from wherever they are. And I watch their hearts change in response to that. What an incomparable pleasure that is. It is this that had me considering staff. But that's not quite where I fit. Instead, I get to participate in that as a teacher. I'm seeing sparks of that...I'm waiting for it to catch.
I'm also thinking about these things as yet another chapter of InterVarsity faces de-recognition--this time, the Asian chapter at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where I am friends with the staff member. I pray for her, the leaders, the chapter's students, the study body, the council. That Christ would shine steadily in all that goes down.
Anyway. What I really opened this post for was this:
Urbana 96 - Across the Hall from InterVarsity twentyonehundred on Vimeo.
Twenty-one-hundred, you make great videos. I love the power in the moment in the middle, when he knocks on the door.
One of the things on my mind lately has been the way that InterVarsity has shaped my life. I remember showing up to a weekend conference called Genesis and having no clue who this guy named Curt Wilson was and why he was clearly trying to make an effort to engage me in conversation. I remember showing up late to my first Chapter Focus Week because my car broke down in Gaylord on the way up, and being new to the camp and anticipating what was in store for the week. Never would I have imagined having Curt's Christmas family photo on my fridge, nor staffing Chapter Focus Week. But what has been one of the most important things that InterVarsity did in my life was to show me the value in community. InterVarsity began to walk me into the riches of living in community in the Body of Christ. It continues into my life today. I have found a wonderful group of ladies at my church, which is wonderful in its own right. This is my home, my family. Something I never imagined could be mine.
I'm thinking about these things as I watch new generations of InterVarsity students come and go. I watch them consider going to Compelling, to Chapter Focus Weeks. I watch them consider what they are risking in making choices to follow Jesus from wherever they are. And I watch their hearts change in response to that. What an incomparable pleasure that is. It is this that had me considering staff. But that's not quite where I fit. Instead, I get to participate in that as a teacher. I'm seeing sparks of that...I'm waiting for it to catch.
I'm also thinking about these things as yet another chapter of InterVarsity faces de-recognition--this time, the Asian chapter at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where I am friends with the staff member. I pray for her, the leaders, the chapter's students, the study body, the council. That Christ would shine steadily in all that goes down.
Anyway. What I really opened this post for was this:
Urbana 96 - Across the Hall from InterVarsity twentyonehundred on Vimeo.
Twenty-one-hundred, you make great videos. I love the power in the moment in the middle, when he knocks on the door.
