How does your ministry (or how do you, as a spiritual leader on your campus) respond when “news breaks” about your school? In light of the FBI investigation of some NCAA programs, it’s a good time to imagine how you might handle your own campus showing up in newspaper headlines. …
My wife and I are in the middle of moving, which has reminded me just how much I hate upheaval. But it’s a common part of life – just one that’s uncommon for the person experiencing it. Your students face upheaval, too, but the nature of college ministry may mean you’re …
As you know, Dallas faced a tragedy last week when five police officers were killed in Downtown Thursday night. Since that time, I’ve seen our church and other churches step up to respond in some really great ways. In some cases, the opportunity presented itself because of an event that …
Yesterday I highlighted an excellent article from Harvard’s student newspaper, a reflection by a student facing deep pain. I hope you read it! It leads me to ask these questions, and it might bring even more to your mind: Are you raising up college students who are looking for those …
In light of the recent stabbings and shootings near University of California Santa Barbara, I wanted to dust off some notes I first wrote following the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. I had the honor of visiting with college ministers only a semester after that tragedy, and I learned a …
This week, I’m doing what we can all do: Noticing. Keeping my eyes open for College Ministry ideas in daily life, from a multitude of sources that have nothing whatsoever to do with college ministry. When we look at the world through the lens of our calling, God might just …
Many of you are starting your new semester tomorrow. I’m excited for you. I hope it’s the best semester ever. Last night, I sent an email to a couple of college ministers to ask them if they knew a good Christian counselor I could recommend for a student. It reminded …
One of the tough things about being on these road trips is not having enough time to interact much on the various college ministry blogs. But I do make a point to read ’em, and here are some of the discussions I found most interesting this week! As I posted …
Additional quick notes from Northern Illinois University (earlier posts are here and here), then a couple of thoughts: For anyone looking for purpose and answers in light of these kinds of crazy, crazy circumstances, Ravi Zacharias’s messages (and the Q&A sessions) from Virginia Tech last semester are helpful. Those are …
Yesterday, I brought up one of the bigger themes from the past month: A focus on striving for actually helpful help in our mission trips, service projects, and the like. At both Virginia Tech and here in Boston, ministry has recently been received from “outsiders” on a grand scale. Plenty …
