I first wrote this post several years ago in snowy, rainy, Fargo, North Dakota, on Road Trip 13. As a follow-up to yesterday’s note from Psalm 127, I’m hopeful you find it useful as you begin another year. God rocked me – once again – with Psalm 127 this week, …
This is one of those posts that will be a big “Duh!” for many college ministers, but for others it’ll be something worth pondering, a possible “imbalance” of sorts that might be worth working out. And it ties directly into an experience from my vacation from the last week. While …
As many colleges – though not all – get started this week, I wanted to post a reminder of why we’re doing what we’re doing. This is a late chapter in Reaching the Campus Tribes, and while Orientation at your school is likely past, it’s a reminder of where we get …
Each year in March, one big basketball tournament becomes a highly publicized window into the magnificent mission field of college campuses. As Americans fill out their March Madness brackets and root for underdogs and watch the games, they’re focused on our mission field like no other time! This annual attention …
I’m on my 15th multi-state, college ministry-exploring road trip! (Details here.) So this week’s blogs are providing a little bit of an “under the hood” look at what I learn and experience on these trips, both for the world of college ministry and otherwise. Enjoy! Road trips taught me to …
On this day three years ago, I took off on a great big adventure – what would become a yearlong road trip through 44 states and to 181 campuses. Taking this trip wasn’t “like me,” that’s for sure; as I’ve said many times since, I’m not naturally an adventurer. Instead, …
Last week, I had the opportunity to see the musical “Wicked” once again, on opening night of its Dallas Summer Musicals run. My first opportunity to see this “best musical of the decade” came three years ago, also in Dallas; the second came early in the yearlong road trip in …
Yesterday, as I made the snowy crossing from Wyoming into South Dakota, I did more than just pass into State #9 of this road trip. And as I “landed” at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, I accomplished more than exploring Campus #19 of this trip. …
As you may have seen via Facebook or Twitter, I wasn’t a huge fan of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But for what it’s worth, watching the original Transformers movie (which I like) immediately beforehand AND watching the sequel opening night at midnight both improved my experience. (If you’ll remember, …
I noted yesterday three “campus-visiting milestones” I’ve had on this trip. And the truth is, I’ve probably visited something like 240 campuses in the past two years, and a good many more than that in the past six years. But why does it matter? What good is it for me …
