What does "investing in eternity" look like?

For Michael Lopez, two pivotal moments began shaping the way he would answers that question for the rest of his life. The first, a high school economics course that shifted his college trajectory from Caltech to Harvard. The second, the day he met InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Not only did Michael have a growing fascination in the science of resource allocation, he was also being developed as a faithful servant of the Master of those resources. For Michael, investing in eternity is a way of life; a joyful calling. It's advising his clients at Sage Stone Wealth Management as they make ethical investment decisions that align with their own deeply held convictions. It's supporting InterVarsity staff to further God's work on college campuses and universities. It's discipling college seniors in financial stewardship and raising up the next generation of faithful servants.

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On February 1, 2026, InterVarsity Alumnus Philip Sheegog stood alongside his creative partner and bandmate, Jonathan Miron, and gave his acceptance speech in front of a crowded theater. Their string duo, Arkai, had just won the Grammy for 2025's Best Contemporary Instrumental Album; a crowning achievement for any musician. And as he continues to hold his calling with open hands, this Grammy win and all that follows is a crown Philip chooses to lay down in worship at the feet of Jesus.

Enjoy Philip's story as he reflects on his journey with Arkai, his Grammy win, and his transformational experience with InterVarsity through Juilliard Christian Fellowship!

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Clarity can be elusive. Sometimes next steps are hard to discern. That's why the ability to coach others through the complexities of life and ministry has been such an important skillset for InterVarsity Alumnus, Buck Rogers. Whether its with a church, a ministry team, or a ministry leader, Buck's vision to help them take next steps starts with clarifying what's most important in life and ministry. And it was during his time as a student with InterVarsity at Lafayette College that God started to orient the next 40 years of Buck's life toward a ministry of clarity.

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From campus, to the marketplace, to Mongolia, and back again, Tom Lin has partnered with God’s world-changing work for more than 30 years. But even as the context changed, the calling remained the same: to love and serve students and faculty on every corner of every campus. For the last 10 years, that calling has been carried out as President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. And Tom has uniquely applied his experience as an InterVarsity alumnus to cultivate ministry on campuses across the country and to partner with God in his world-changing work.

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It was a $300 gift from a family member that made it possible for Chiquita Jackson to pay her new student fee. That $300 gift also made her the first person from her family to attend college. While on campus, her life was transformed by Jesus through the loving and supportive community of her InterVarsity chapter and she graduated with a desire to instill others with hope. These foundational experiences helped prompt her to found CJE, an organization on a mission to equip impoverished communities with the tools they need to gain economic independence.

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Influenced by years of Christian community and Bible study on campus, InterVarsity alumnus and co-founder of Alabaster, Brian Chung, has a powerful vision for his work: "for all of humanity to experience God as beautiful." In 2016, Brian and Alabaster set out to accomplish this vision through the pairing of God's Word with stunning artwork. From Genesis to Revelation; from the Psalms to the Gospels; and now with the addition of Bible studies, journals, and devotionals; Brian and Alabaster are putting beautiful stories of a beautiful God into the hands of people around the world.

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InterVarsity alumna Dr. Janelle Goodwill is committed to hope; not just as a virtue, but as a fundamental component of human thriving. In her research at the University of Chicago, Dr. Goodwill is pursuing a deeper understanding of hope, joy, and meaning and their impact on suicide prevention. In particular, she is piloting interventions in local schools to educate and support young Black students and their parents who might otherwise be at greater risk for suicide. Whether it's at the university, in a local middle school, or with her own church family on Chicago's South Side, Dr. Janelle Goodwill is hard at work changing the world with Jesus.

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On this episode of InterVarsity World Changers, we're joined by Troy Anderson, founder and International Director of Speak Up for the Poor. And Troy and his colleagues are changing the world as they work among impoverished communities in Bangladesh. Their mission: to offer quality education and safe housing to young girls in an effort to keep them out of child marriages and sex trafficking, and to empower them to serve the poor in their own communities.

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