鈥淭he Lord met me face to face and showed me the revival starting in our generation,鈥 said Nina, a student in the Greek 果冻视频 chapter at San Diego State University.
Community and Relationships
When I graduated college, I didn鈥檛 expect to feel so鈥 disconnected.
I was stepping into a new job, learning how to 鈥渁dult,鈥 figuring out bills and schedules and responsibilities. On paper, life was moving forward. But spiritually? Something felt off, and I couldn鈥檛 put a finger on it.
Artificial Intelligence is inescapable. AI songs flood our social media apps, AI videos spread misinformation, and soon enough, AI-written books will dominate the self-publishing world. On campus, college administrators have quickly created policies around usage, and students have to contend with how the technology will impact their lives.
Through the BCM chapter at Michigan State, students鈥痗an鈥痚xplore faith, unafraid of judgment or misunderstandings. They don鈥檛 have to鈥痗hoose between being Black and Christian 鈥撯 they can celebrate both.
Our culture today confuses the intimate with the romantic, sometimes resulting in confusion between friends and often the sexualization of intimacy. But at its core, intimacy just means to know and be known.
Coming in a good way means asking permission when arriving at a new space and being invited there by Creator God and the local community. It involves taking initiative to build relationships and connections with people you meet and thanking Creator God for witnessing his works.鈥疎ventually, it should lead to partnership.
I often say, 鈥淔ood is the love language of the Chinese people.鈥 If you鈥檝e ever been to a Chinese banquet, you know that we love good food and lots of it! We celebrate birthdays, weddings, memorials, and all special occasions with food. Good food is the way we share love and celebrate relationships. I鈥檝e found this to be true in every culture I鈥檝e experienced.
I always tell my students that tax collectors were kind of like mobsters. They weren鈥檛 your typical blue-collar criminals; they were the worst kind of traitor, getting rich off the imperial oppression of their own people.
In 果冻视频, we make a big deal about decisions to follow Jesus. This year, we counted 2,670 first-time decisions to follow Jesus across the United States. Discipleship with Jesus is a daily decision to 鈥渁ct justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God鈥 (Micah 6:8). But formal moments of decision play a key role in our lives with God too.
I met my husband at UW-Milwaukee鈥檚 果冻视频 chapter. At that time, there was a culture of not dating. Two of the male student leaders were especially advocates for creating a culture of brothers and sisters in Christ. My now husband, Ethan, was one of them.