I wanted to leave an extra day to gather any ideas for doing eclectic college ministry in light of yesterday’s post. If you’ve got any ideas – even wild and crazy stuff – I’d love to hear ’em. And I should chime in tomorrow on how we might reflect the Millennial characteristic of eclecticism!
Meanwhile… Earlier this week, Dan Turis of the CCO asked for the list of college ministry theory blogs I read. So, since I’m a big fan of college ministry blogging, I figured I’d put the list on here.
Some important points:
- I’m only including blogs that have updated this semester.
- These blogs have a wide range of usefulness; sorry I can’t annotate too much at this point.
- I will, however, asterisk the ones I have found MOST useful or am especially intrigued by right now.
- Don’t be overwhelmed by the size of the list – many of these are only rarely updated, and you’ll be able to tell pretty quickly what you want to keep up with.
I recognize that many college ministry blogs are written for their students and other constituents, with discussions of Scripture and updates. But we also need blogs that take a wider angle, describing either college ministry theory or methods. So if you know of more blogs of that kind, please let me know!
And to see some of the best online discussions in recent weeks, check out the weekly reviews!
[Even if some entries are cut short below, you can still click the links.]
| Aaron Stern | aaronstern.typepad.com/aaron_sterns_blog/ |
| Abbie Smith | www.conversantlife.com/blogs/abbie+smith/%2A |
| Academic Faithfulness* | academicfaithfulness.blogspot.com/ |
| Adam Reynolds: Thoughts From Jesusland | azreynolds.com |
| Alice Connor: simul justus et peccator | justusetpeccator.blogspot.com/ |
| Ashlee Alley: A Long Obedience… | ashleealley.blogspot.com/ |
| Ben Coleman | gbencoleman.wordpress.com |
| Betsy Prosise: Affirmed Passion | affirmedpassion.blogspot.com/ |
| Bill Victor: BillyVs Quickhits | billyvsquickhits.blogspot.com/ |
| Bill Westfall: Campus-Cultural Mission* | williamwestfall.wordpress.com |
| Bob Fuhs | bobfuhs.typepad.com/bob-fuhs/ |
| Bob Hetzler: Bob’s Blog | www.cenational.org/cenational/bobsblog/index.asp |
| Brandon Reed | brandonreed.wordpress.com |
| Brandon Smith: MyNameIsBrandon.com* | mynameisbrandon.wordpress.com |
| Brian Barela: The Necessary Things* | brianbarela.typepad.com/the_necessary_things/ |
| Brian Beckstrom: Missio Dei – Following Jesus into the world | brian-beckstrom.blogspot.com/ |
| Byron Borger: Hearts & Minds Books* | heartsandmindsbooks.com |
| Campus Crosswalk Web Journal* | campuscrosswalk.org/ |
| Campus Renewal Ministries | www.campusrenewal.org/blog |
| Carson Conover: Sophisticated, Stimulating, and…Stuff | carsonconover.wordpress.com |
| Chad Logan: Just Think | chadsthought.blogspot.com/ |
| Chris Bean* | chrisbean.info |
| Chuck Bomar: College Ministry Thoughts | www.collegeministrythoughts.com |
| City Campus Ministry | www.citycampusministry.com/blog |
| College Union* | collegeunion.org |
| CPYU BOOKSHELF* | cpyubookshelf.blogspot.com/ |
| CruBlogging | crublogging.com |
| Curt Harlow | curtharlow.com/wordpress |
| Dan Wilkinson: The University Frontier | theuniversityfrontier.wordpress.com |
| Daniel Curran | danielcurran.blogspot.com/ |
| Emerging Scholars Blog* | blog.emergingscholars.org |
| Glen and Paula Davis | glenandpaula.com/ |
| Graham Helms: Update | sweepusaway.com |
| Guy Chmieleski: faith on campus* | campusministryguy.blogspot.com/ |
| Heart of Campus Ministry (ACM)* | naccm.wordpress.com |
| Heather Lodovico: if we ever leave a legacy… | heatherlods.blogspot.com/ |
| Inter-School Christian Fellowship | iscf09.blogspot.com/ |
| Jason Yarnell: College Ministry OJT* | collegeministryojt.blogspot.com/ |
| Joe Blanchard: CCF at NC State | ccf-ncsu.org/home |
| Jonathan Weyer: The Thomas Society* | thomas2026.wordpress.com |
| Keith Davy: CoJourner* | cojourner.blogspot.com/ |
| Ken Cochrum: On Leading Well | www.onleadingwell.com |
| Matt McComas: Leadership, Technology, Innovation* | www.mattmccomas.com |
| Michael Mears: More than listening | michaelmears.com |
| Mike Filicicchia: This is Church* | www.thisischurch.net |
| Mike Reading: a missional dramedy* | amissionaldramedy.tumblr.com/ |
| NEWCHAPTER* | newchapterblog.wordpress.com |
| Nick Melazzo: symbiosis* | nickmelazzo.wordpress.com |
| Reformed University Fellowship Articles | www.ruf.org |
| Reformed University Fellowship Blog | www.ruf.org/ruf-blog/ |
| Reformed University Fellowship Sermons | www.ruf.org |
| Russ Martin: DoubleDerivative.ca* | www.doublederivative.ca |
| Ryan McReynolds: The McReynolds Story | mcreynoldsccc.blogspot.com/ |
| Sammy Rhodes: Sammy’s posterous | sammyrhodes.posterous.com |
| Steve Lutz: the SENTinel* | stevelutz.wordpress.com |
| Steve Rankin: Rankin File* | steverankin.wordpress.com |
| Threads | threadsmedia.com/ |
| Tim Elmore’s Leadership Blog* | elmoreleadershipblog.blogspot.com/ |
| Tim Hudson: Shadowlander | shadowlander.wordpress.com |
| Todd Engstrom: Ethereal Thought Train | toddengstrom.com |
| Wes Woodell: West Coast Witness* | westcoastwitness.com |
As you know from the Emerging Scholars Blog (great to be on the list!), I find material from the Chronicle of Higher Education, http://chronicle.com/, of particular value in the campus mission. Chronicle blogs explore several different themes and can be can be linked to on the lower left of http://chronicle.com/. Also, I’d recommend you swing by http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs …
thanks for including me on the list benson! grateful!
Thanks Benson…I hope to really put the blogging into full throttle after the start of the project (GFES GML http://www.georgefox.edu/seminary/dmin/gml/index.html) in January.
This is a great list…thanks for all you are doing to bring some cohesiveness to campus ministry…you’re efforts are appreciated by many!
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Thanks Benson I appreciate this.
Sorry it took me this long to respond.
Tom Greentree, a regional Intervarsity guy in Alberta, has started blogging campus ministry at the kingdom tree, and seems to be sticking with it.
Thanks for that, Nick – really appreciate it, and I’m excited to add more from your land. :)
Benson, thanks for your work in campus ministry. I’ve been working in campus ministry since 1982. I blog about it (and the rest of my life) at http://www.christoncampus.org/mike/blog.
Excellent list Benson–I’ve found many a helpful college ministry thought on, and thru, your blog.
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