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   I’ve been working on a gospel summary from the perspective of a video game player. Let me know what you think!    The Great Designer lovingly wrote the code of your body, soul, and whole identity (Ps 139:13-16). He designed a massive sandbox full of wonder to be safe and free to play (Ecc… Read more

  Since Covid, the campus ministry staff here at world headquarters have largely been spread out and isolated.  On top of the pandemic, the space we were gathering in has been under construction for 2 years, and that has made it difficult to cross-pollinate in the ways Karen and I are particularly gifted.      That… Read more

  Braelynn, a young adult leader in SoCal had this to say about her church’s experience partnering with Cru: We wanted to do a better job of outreach, but didn’t know how to get started. A local Cru leader began helping me, and this training really gave our people some confidence and a vision for… Read more

   This month, Karen and I had the opportunity to attend a 2-day mental health workshop, learning more about the incredible stigma that keeps people with real and valid struggles from getting the help and support they need. Cru missionaries are no less susceptible to these challenges, so it was incredibly important to learn and… Read more

  Last fall, Cru students organized a “games and food” hangout in the grassy quad of a California campus. Alden, one of the freshman leaders, invited his friend Ernesto to the hangout. That day, Alden and Ernesto began talking about faith & what it means to follow Christ.      A few weeks later, Ernesto started… Read more

  Empowering Christian students to reach their friends with the gospel is the core of what Cru is about, but some students have bigger hurdles than others.  During our week-long Design Sprint, we decided that one of the hardest students to reach is the female gamer (we named her “Zelda”).  Gamers in general often have… Read more