If a college minister can’t point to ways his or her context (the particular campus) has influenced the design of their college ministry, there are likely a few possibilities. That college minister is really new to their post. They haven’t gotten to know their context. They haven’t gotten to know other college …
You should consider sitting in on a college class or two this summer. Now hear me out. This is an opportunity to see that side of campus, just like you sit in the Student Center, go to the games, etc. And summer is an easier time to spend 50 minutes or …
A brief note about something you can do now that you couldn’t do as easily at the beginning of the semester. When’s the last time you exegeted the truly “unreached” portions of your campus? As the school year “rhythm” is now in place, it would be easy enough to ask your …
I’ve written recently on the opportunity to learn this summer. Hopefully you’ve got college ministers, a conference, some books, and/or additional resources lined up to help your ministry skills deepen between now and August! But as you do, a note: It’s generally much more valuable to learn tools and principles …
A simple (but pretty cool) video today. I saw this yesterday on CBS Sunday Morning, and it brought up two awesome thoughts for college ministers: Is your ministry impacting your “campus tribe” (the college you serve) in ways that fit its particularly unique needs and characteristics? Have you considered using …
I’m on my 15th multistate, college ministry-exploring road trip! (Details here.) So I’m writing whenever I can this week, about both the college ministry learnings and reflections on the trip itself. I get asked a lot about my “favorite” campuses. But I’m not a big fan of playing favorites. I …
Welcome to the new school year! All the students are back (or soon will be), all the ministry plans have been detailed, and you’ve got a fresh canvas on which God wants to paint something amazing in your college ministry this year! …pardon me? While most of us see this …
In our intro session / orientation for the Brazil trip last night, we had the chance to learn a big difference between what it means to be a college student here (in Brazil, or at least in São Paulo) and what it means back home in the States. Here, college …
If you’ve read my book or many of these blogs, you know I think it’s important to recognize that there are serious contextual differences between campuses. And one of the really important things about these road trips is that they always provide real-life, in-my-face examples of such differences. Sometimes these …
Last week, it was breadth to the four winds – and that garnered some pretty interesting comments, especially interesting for a boy from the South. The same questions I asked then apply here, too: What are the unique college ministry aspects of your region? (Do you know them?) What college …
