Jeff Barneson

Jeff Barneson

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Jeffrey Barneson

Email:  jeff_barneson@harvard.edu
Website: http://hgscf.org/
Special areas of interest: Community Bible study, biblical justice, cycling, roasting coffee and keeping bees.

 

When you ask me who I am and what I do the answer is easy. I am a follower of Jesus and I pray to follow more faithfully all the time.

What I have become convinced of and committed myself to is the reign and relevance of Christ for all of life, the power and witness of gathered communities of Jesus-followers, and the call to pursue justice for all of God's creation - especially those who are oppressed and vulnerable. That's what gets me up every morning and what has kept me here in Cambridge since 1983.

But it didn’t happen all at once or all by myself. In addition to my pastors and seminary professors, my teachers have been families who live in the dumps of Tijuana and San Salvador, widows and orphans in the highlands of Guatemala, doctors and pastors in Haiti, incarcerated men and volunteers who pursue restorative justice for them in the prisons of Bolivia and Ecuador. More recently my journey with Jesus has been shaped by faithful friends and families in New Orleans and Cambridge.

These days, I gather faculty for prayer, Bible study and to explore how the journey of faith relates to the academic and professional concerns explored in the university. And through my work with InterVarsity and the Graduate School Christian Fellowship at Harvard, we continue to pray for revival and the flourishing of the whole University.

 

Other stuff...
I'm married to Tara Edelschick, who has her own remarkable story of following Jesus. Currently she serves as a professor for incarcerated men through the Emerson College Prison Initiative.

 

We have two boys in college (Gordon College and USAFA) and a girl who is a preschool teacher in Cambridge. Two of the three live within driving distance.

 

Along the way I did degrees in engineering, theology and public administration. I love bicycle racing, keep bees and roast coffee.

 

All to the glory of God!