{"id":6944,"date":"2026-01-14T11:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:31:37","slug":"god-is-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2026\/god-is-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6944\" class=\"elementor elementor-6944\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfd3cf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfd3cf1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de6c7a3\" data-id=\"de6c7a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04389b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04389b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am stepping back into academia this year after a two-year detour working at my church. This brings with it a fresh excitement for returning to Boise State and engaging in ministry with students and faculty here. What I wasn\u2019t prepared for &#8211; and have been pleasantly surprised by &#8211; is the movement of Christ here at the university.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab255dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab255dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b467ce\" data-id=\"9b467ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f179c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f179c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">The day before our Fall 2025 semester began, 13 student athletes from our Boise State football team followed each other into the waters of baptism (see above photo). Walking to the river that weaves its way through our campus, they stepped into its waters, one after another, to signal their new life in Christ.<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">Our Cru campus ministry saw over 300 students attend its first events of the year. They have seen such growth in attendance that they needed to find a bigger location for weekly gatherings.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hunger and Curiosity<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">This will be my thirteenth year at Boise State, over which time I have taught hundreds of students. But I have never witnessed the hunger and curiosity of students in the way that I am witnessing it currently.<\/p><blockquote><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">The question I\u2019ve been asking myself is this: How can the Lord use me?<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">I teach two sections in the College of Education. On our first day together, I introduced who I am and what they can expect from me as their teacher. This provides students an opportunity to feel more personally connected to me, making me more accessible and relatable. It also opens the opportunity for me to share about my personal faith.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A Millisecond of Pure Panic<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">I present multiple pictures about myself &#8211; pictures of my family, my hobbies, and the things that bring me joy. This semester, I added a picture of me at summer camp with the small group of high school senior girls who I have been mentoring since they were freshmen. I also included a picture of me and several former students at last year\u2019s Cru Vision Dinner. I explained the pictures and the meaning behind them, and how these are important not only to who I am as a person, but to who I will be for them as a teacher.<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">Then, I open the floor for questions. In my first section class, one hand immediately shot into the air: \u201cCan you give us your personal testimony?\u201d\u00a0I\u2019ll be honest &#8211; there was a millisecond\u2019s worth of pure panic. Then, an unexplainable calm.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Asking Questions, Sharing Celebrations<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">\u201cAbsolutely, I can. It is the most important part of my life.\u201d I proceeded to share my journey with Jesus with my students, every one of whom looking at me with a depth of curiosity I cannot explain. They were locked-in, listening, and not in the least uncomfortable.<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">Since that time, fifteen students in my classes have individually shared with me about their personal relationship with Jesus. They\u2019ve asked questions, shared celebrations, and expressed conflicts that they are experiencing in their own faith. Not only this, but I hear them talking regularly with their peers about their faith in class!<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">The day after the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk, I saw \u201cKelly\u201d sitting alone. I said hello, after which she blurted out with intensity: \u201cI\u2019m going to go pray!\u201d She said that after everything that had happened that week, she didn\u2019t know what else to do but pray. So, she had decided to sit in The Quad with a sign that read \u201cPrayer\u201d and pray with anyone who stopped.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>They Were Disrupted<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">I celebrated with her, prayed over her, and then sent her on her way. I went about my business, walking in the direction of my car. Getting about ten feet away from where I parked, I stopped dead in my tracks and scolded myself aloud: \u201cWhat in the world are you doing? Go pray with her!\u201d<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">We sat in The Quad for the next hour and a half. We were there during three major class transition times, passed by hundreds of students and faculty. We gave a smile, and perhaps a pleasant, \u201cGood morning!\u201d We had about a dozen believing students stop for prayer.<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">While we didn\u2019t have any unbelieving students stop, they saw us. They saw the offer of prayer. They were disrupted, if only for a moment, to see an option that differed from their current state of existence. I have confidence that the Lord will use that.<\/p><p class=\"m_6227364446714851623mcePastedContent\">The Lord is at work on our campuses.\u00a0Now is the time to find out where He is working and get in the middle of it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ba6023 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ba6023\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffb343a\" data-id=\"ffb343a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f9bcd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f9bcd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/01\/unnamed.jpg?w=200\" title=\"unnamed\" alt=\"unnamed\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f461612\" data-id=\"f461612\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dafc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46dafc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lisa Beymer<\/strong><\/p><p>College of Education<\/p><p>Boise State University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am stepping back into academia this year after a two-year detour working at my church. 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