By Trevor Agatsuma
The Veritas Forum was started at Harvard by a group of students, faculty, and ministers as a response to the emptiness on campus. They believed that universities no longer address the most important questions of life, such as, “What does it mean to be human? Why is there evil and suffering? Is there any meaning in death?” In fact, an ongoing UCLA study shows that over 50% of entering freshmen hope to explore and define their beliefs during college. Yet the classroom rarely allows students to engage questions …

By Sarah J. Francois
What I told him with my eyes
I told him I was scared
That I was guilty
Yes.. caught in the act
I didn’t care
Not anymore
This was who I was
This sparsely clothes
Half a person before him
I’d heard of him before
His name whispered in awe
And sometimes in disdain
I heard he cured illnesses
Gave the blind sight
But as I stared at him
I saw a normal person
Yet I couldn’t feel fear
His demeanor His manner
His eyes
NO indignance
No righteous anger in them
NO hate
And I felt shame
It was a strange emotion
That I hadn’t felt in a while.
Masked by …

A story by YenYen Lintang
Strange creaking sounds and animalistic cries resounded through the gloomy forest. Ruwin couldn’t see exactly what was happening out there because a thick mist obscured all, even the path ahead of him. With a shiver, he tugged at his damp leather jerkin and shrugged the sword higher on his shoulder. He cursed himself again for ever setting out on this quest, for not being satisfied with his hometown, for wanting more and for seeking out this King who supposedly knew each person’s past and each person’s …

Jeff Kim, president of AACF

Book: Shane Claiborne, theological prankster, speaker and author of the Irresistible Revolution
Blogger: Jeremy Del Rio of JeremyDelRio.com (because “he has a great blog with insights on what God is doing in the inner city”)
Preacher on my iPod: Judah Smith, youth pastor of Generation Church, part of The City Church

InterVarsity leader Ashley Jung

Devotional: One Year Bible NIV (Paperback) by Tyndale House Publishers
Book: Just Walk Across the Room by Bill Hybels

Alum James Pyun

Best website for sermons: Redeemer.com
Inspirational song: “Meant to Live” by Switchfoot
Band: U2
Fun thing to do: Debate …

Thou art my one and only hope,
great comfort close to me.
I find no joy apart from Thee,
no peace from one material thing.
Thy love aboundeth every day,
I receive it, then I give away,
but oh I fail each time I try
to trust Thee and obey.
Should this be easy, oh Lord, for me?
Shall I ever feel that I am free
from sin and anguish, pain and fear,
or stress not needed and flowering tears?
I long to be yoked with only you,
but I tend to befriend this lonesome world too.
Woo me with thy warm embrace,
cleanse the …