Louisiana Tech, my college stop early last week, was the original site of a particularly profound college ministry event. In early 2006, the Love/Hate Experience spent three powerful (and mysterious) weeks at La. Tech, and since that time, other campuses have tried the same “experiment.” It has served as a …
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 …
I’ve talked in several posts now about what I learned from my time at Virginia Tech. But one of these lessons is particularly applicable to ministry here in New England, too. Both of these locations – Virginia Tech (particularly in the days following last semester’s tragedy) and Boston (clearly a …
We may not want to think about it, but we can take steps and think thoughts to prepare for possible calamities on our campuses. In my time with ministers at Virginia Tech a few weeks ago, some clear strategies for dealing with campus-wide tragedies became apparent – not simply checklist …
So after getting that question a few times recently – “What have you learned so far on your Road Trip?” – I actually prayed and thought about it a little, so I would have something helpful to say. And since some are probably reading this blog with a question of …
A few days ago, I wrote a post highlighting an issue I’m feeling more and more is crucial in for us to address. The issue’s old-school name is churchmanship – in this case, describing the involvement of college students in local churches during their collegiate career. Especially if you are …
That’s right, I left Chicago last night around 10pm Central. Today, I find myself in a new time zone, a new state, and a new T-shirt (today’s is Texas A&M). Sorry for the lack of blogging, but successfully leaving Chicago has had me pretty busy – and driving isn’t so …
While we’re still at the first of the school year, I did want to write some random thoughts that have arisen as I’ve watched churches and other ministries recruit in these Chicago schools. This is not a “treatise on recruitment,” because for most of us, it’s too late to try …
Earlier this week, I included some past posts from my former ministry’s “Mad Libs eBay Road Trip” – click here to catch up. I left off at Sunday night, where we were fighting the temptation to be a little anxious about the present plan-less-ness of the second half of our …
I’ll blog about Glorieta shortly. But as I prepare for the upcoming trip, I thought I would post some (slightly edited) blogs from this past Spring Break. I took a group of students on a pretty random trip – officially described as a “Mad Libs eBay Road Trip.” Little did …
