Seeking God
Christian Union Vita Celebrates A Fruitful Season
Mott Center Christmas Party Is One of Many Highlights
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
Christian Union Vita enjoyed a warm, festive Christmas celebration at the John R. Mott Center in December. Students decorated Christian Union’s ministry home at Cornell, complete with a hand-cut Christmas tree. They wore ugly sweaters, built gingerbread houses, and exchanged gifts through a white elephant.
CU Day and Night: Fasting and Praying for Revival in 2022
Will You Join Our National Effort?
By Chuck Hetzler, Director of CU Day and Night
Many Christians are familiar with the first condition God sets before His people in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves…” However, not many Christians are aware that fasting is the primary way to humble oneself according to Scripture.
A United Effort to Pray and Fast for Revival at Harvard Law School
“The Feeling of Christian Community Is Palpable”
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
“Something is afoot at Harvard Law School. God is on the move.”
A Psalm a Day
A Yale Student's Reflection on Seeking God Consistently
By Shi Wen Yeo, Yale ’23
Editor’s note: The following article was reprinted with permission from The Yale Logos, a student-led Christian Journal.
One of my favorite parts about Sunday mornings is walking into church and smelling the musty pews gently speckled with the mid-morning sun, and seeing the rows upon rows of pews, pews that are usually littered with hymnals and psalters. I have been doing some reflection on this recently. What does it mean that hymnals or psalters are usually distributed as separate books as opposed to the rest of the Bible?
A Fruitful Fall for CU Nova at Princeton
Student Leaders Welcome Freshmen; Resume In-Person Ministry
By Leah M. Smith, Princeton ’22
The first floor of the Melrose Center is reduced to a low hum; sounds of chatter from a senior women’s Bible course waft down the stairs to join the smell of Domino’s pizza. A few people sprinkle the chairs in front of the TV in the extended dining room, while others hover in the back, laptops out, pens pressed to paper. It’s a typical Monday night for Christian Union Nova at Princeton, where Monday Night Football and studying late into the night has become a Melrose norm.
The Overlooked Ending to the Birth Narrative
Early Years of Christ's Life Marked By Suffering and Trauma
Christmas plays always end with Jesus in the manger, the heavenly host singing around Him, and the shepherds and wise men bowed at his feet. But that is hardly where the birth narrative ends in the gospel of Matthew.
Shining the Light of the Gospel at Cornell
Simoni '23 Has a Passion for Evangelism
By Anne Kerhoulas, Staff Writer
Many Christians get nervous when they think about evangelism. Thoughts of difficult questions they cannot answer well or the possibility of offending another often lead believers to say less than they ought, and often to say nothing at all of the riches of Christ.
Throwback Thursday: Do We Have a Passion for Souls?
"That None Would Perish"
By Christopher N. White, Evangelist
As Jesus makes abundantly clear, the heart of God is never satisfied while even one soul is still lost, wandering in the darkness of sin:
Food Rules: How God Reshapes Our Appetite
Our Complicated Relationship with Eating and Drinking
As the holiday season approaches, most people begin to anticipate the culinary experience of feasting. Thanksgiving turkeys or Christmas hams, pies and frosted cookies, sparkling ciders, and holiday cocktails—they’re all part of our tradition of feasting with those we love during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.
Miracles and The Gospel Of The Kingdom
CBN Airs Segment on CU’s New York Conferences
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
In August, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) highlighted some of the supernatural healings and manifestations that have happened at Christian Union’s Gospel of the Kingdom Conferences in New York City. Karen Hetzler, Assistant Ministry Director of Christian Union New York, was a guest on the CBN News Prayer Link program with hosts Wendy Griffith and Charlene Aaron.
CU Fire Burns Brightly Across the United States
Christian Union Multi-Site Event Stirs, Strengthens Believers
By Dr. Chuck HetZler, Director of CU Day and Night
Christian Union Day and Night hosted its first-ever, multi-site version of CU Fire on Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9.
The Stillness Our Soul Craves
Discovering the Beauty of Hesuchía
By Avery Johnston, Penn ’23
Editor’s note: The following article was reprinted with permission from The Penn Epistle, “a Christian journal at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to sharing the words of Christ’s followers.” The author, Avery Johnston, is a student leader with CU Martus, Christian Union’s leadership development ministry at the University of Pennsylvania.
Exodus and Seeking God
Online Study Is Fruitful for CU Gloria Students
By Kelly Parks, Staff Writer
A group of students with CU Gloria at Harvard University systematically studied the book of Exodus during the summer.
Living Out Biblical Imperatives at Yale University
CU Lux Reaches Out to First-Year Students
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
Prior to the fall semester, Ben Pascut, Christian Union’s ministry director at Yale University, and Chitra Kovoor, a ministry fellow, challenged student leaders with CU Lux to put their faith into immediate action by living out specific biblical commands as they embarked on the Freshman Welcoming Campaign and another academic year.
Repentance and Freedom
Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God Is at Hand”
By Dr. Ben Pascut
Editor’s note: The following article by Dr. Ben Pascut, Christian Union’s ministry director at Yale University, was part of a series of devotionals for Christian Union Day and Night’s recent two-week “Return to Me” national fast.
"If My People" (2 Chron. 7:14) Put Into Action
Repentance Was the Focus for Recent CU Day and Night Fast
By Dr. Chuck Hetzler
In the last two weeks of August, 3,884 believers from across the United States prayed, repented, and cried out to the Lord when they participated in CU Day and Night’s “Return to Me” fast.
What Does it Mean to Earnestly Seek the Lord?
Hope for Restless Souls
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you. — Psalm 63:1
What does it mean to “earnestly” seek the Lord? According to Oxford Languages, the adverb earnestlymeans “with sincere and intense conviction; seriously.”
A Discipleship Pathway at Brown University
New Minsitry Fellow Excited About Fall Campaign
By Tom Campisi, Managing Editor
Sheri Casali, a new Christian Union ministry fellow, is especially passionate about discipleship. As the fall semester begins for CU Libertas, she is filled with hope and excitement when she considers the potential impact of mentoring students at such a prominent university like Brown.
Harvard Mom: Christian Union Was An Answer to My Prayer
'Our Nation Needs Leaders Who Follow the Example of Christ'
By Hope Arbery
In the book of Mark, there is a story about a paralytic man. After hearing about the powerful works of Jesus, his friends literally carried him to Jesus because they wanted him to be healed. They overcame every obstacle so that they might bring their friend to the only one who could save him.
Do You Know the Holy Spirit?
Sadly, Many Americans Do Not
A 2021 survey indicates that sixty percent of Americans who regularly attend church believe there is no such thing as the Holy Spirit. According to the survey, these churchgoers believe that the Holy Spirit is merely a symbol of God’s presence or purity or power. As pastor and author Matt Chandler points out in this sermon, the survey indicates that a majority of American Christians do not have a trinitarian understanding of God; most of us don’t know the God we worship.
