"I am by no means perfect. I'm an absolute mess and hurricane of a person just as much as the next. Being an athlete, perfection is expected of you a lot. It can be very overwhelming, and it can completely break you down sometimes. You're expected to perform perfectly, you're expected to be in perfect health. It's not like you're not expected to mess up, but when you do it's a big deal." - Maggie
Hear from Maggie and her InterVarsity friends how this led her to faith in Jesus.
Read MoreA beautiful and powerful spoken word by Howard DePass, Jr, InterVarsity alumnus.
Art by Shin Maeng
Poems: "Speechless," "Dear America," "Hidden Sun," "IOU"
For the 10th year in a row, New England has sent a team of students with their friends of different faith backgrounds to serve the city of New Orleans. We spent the days painting houses, working at an urban garden, replacing incandescent light bulbs with LED bulbs in peoples' homes for free, and building houses!
Read MoreGod doesn’t take a day off from the racial injustices that we are experiencing, even if the news cycle does. If issues related to what was happening earlier this year remain problems for you, regardless of your ethnic identity, I encourage you to continue seeking justice for yourself and others.
Read More"I want to have a relationship with Jesus, but no one has ever explained to me how." - URI Greek student
Read MoreMarie: "What do you think of this passage? Do you think this is true? Where are you with God? Are you walking towards God or away from God?"
Allen: "I've been running away from God."
Marie: "Do you want to be near God?
Allen: "I feel like I'm cartwheeling around God and I can't do the perfect cartwheel to land on Jesus."
Over the past 11 years, InterVarsity has been involved in an amazing new way to serve those in need and reach out to the college students furthest away from Jesus. How do we reach skeptic or cynical people? We grab arms and walk into the things that break God’s heart, as well as breaking the heart of all people created in God’s image. We serve the poor, rebuild homes and lives, fight injustice and racism serving side by side and in the middle of it share Jesus.
Read MoreOn the weekend of February 5th-6th, 2016 Black Campus Ministries New England held its yearly Conference, this year themed: “Still I Rise: The Hope of Christ in the Midst of Darkness”. This year was our biggest conference (300 students) – fitting for its 25th anniversary.
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