Anna serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives in InterVarsity's Graduate and Faculty Ministry. She has the joy of innovating and strategizing with staff, students, and faculty around the country to follow Jesus. A second generation Chinese American born and raised in NYC, Anna was a social worker in a pediatric AIDS clinic before serving with InterVarsity. She has both a MSW and BA from NYU. She lives in Queens, NY with her husband and two daughters. Anna enjoys eating adventures with gracious people.
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Studies in Spiritual Resilience
In this post-pandemic season as we recovery on some fronts but also continued hardship and strife, these five studies (from both the Old and New Testaments) help root us in God’s faithfulness to his people who throughout history have endured trial, hardship, famine, persecution, and plagues.
Following Jesus using the Discipleship Cycle
Following Jesus is not passive but an intentional, step-after-step process. Use this resource to help you and your ministry go deeper on the discipleship journey.
Finding an Anchor for Our Weary Souls (Hebrews Bible Study)
A six-week Bible study series on the book of Hebrews. In this season of adversity on nearly every front, Jesus’ justice-worn heart, dusty feet and tear-laden eyes remind us he carries our humanity into God’s presence as the only true Son of God and our great mediator.
Inviting God into Shared Networks
God has granted you and the people in your small group overlapping connections to common friends, social networks, academic departments, and people you see regularly. This resource will help you explore these shared social networks and encounter God together to discern what to do next.
Navigating Small Group Conflict
Conflict is complex and a normal part of life. If you have conflict in your small group, it’s a good sign that your group is safe enough to have tension. Conflict, when addressed and resolved, grows the small group closer and healthier, as well as helps everyone in the group mature in emotional and spiritual health. This will help that process.
How to Create a Welcoming Small Group Environment
This resource will help you and your small group develop a welcoming, safe, and hospitable environment where strangers can become friends, and even family to one another.
“Here for You” Bible Studies in Luke
These three Bible studies in Luke that explore the theme of “here for you” and are designed to take a group through setting a table of hospitality centered on Jesus (Luke 5.27-31), learning to worship Jesus as Lord (Luke 7:36-50) and responding with acts of justice to Jesus’ kingdom (Luke 19:1-10)
Act/Love/Walk Bible Study in Micah 6:8
This Bible study helps groups engage in Micah’s prophetic message that whatever we love shapes us. The study guides participants to see where God is calling them to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.