Whether for providing video clips to use in a message OR springboarding a small group to some deep discussions, some TV shows offer a chance to connect with students in a neat way. Certainly, few TV shows are as clean as we would like. Sometimes DVRing and watching ahead is …
If you couldn’t tell from my Tweets, Collegiate Week was a great week gathered with some 18 or 1900 people – and I’d guess 200 or more were college ministers (including spouses). I figured I’d spend a post on a few items you might find interesting from the week, including …
You might know that I’ve been exploring the campus ministry scene in the great town of Fort Worth; as I began preparing this post, I was still there. Then a birthday dinner with my sister and her buddies, and then I finally made it back across the Metroplex to home. …
As Road Trip 13 is drawing to a close, it seems to be getting even zanier! But while much of my time this weekend has involved driving through Upstate NY in the dark, the daytime has reminded me just how pretty it is up here! I was really excited that …
As a college ministry fan, I was excited to check out “Post Grad,” which opened last night. It’s a romantic comedy that looks at Life after College for today’s college grads. This is a theme that’s really important for us to investigate for ourselves AND discuss with students, especially for …
I had the neat chance yesterday to meet with Kevin Twit and Syneva Colle, staff members of the RUF chapter at Belmont University. Kevin is the 14-year director of the ministry. But aside from the fact that all college ministries are worth getting to know, this one has a particular …
As I look at the various “themes” God seems to have brought up on the recent 6-week trip, probably the most obvious was the theme of Vocational Discipleship. It was interesting that time and time again, college ministers spoke with me about this issue: Training students to live out their …
I realize this has been around for a few months, but I’ve learned not to take for granted that we’ve all seen every good thing that’s out there. As I urged with the Seat of Power video last week, I highly encourage you to watch this. It is an incredibly …
Two items I thought might interest you (if you haven’t seen them already): Passion City Church Christianity Today’s Q&A with Louie Giglio explore the new Passion City Church he (and other key people) are planting in Atlanta. Very helpful for understanding his mindset on this. See the church’s blog here. …
Continuing the “Big Idea” series on potentially transformative college ministry ideas, I arrive at #7: Help students transition to college. As you may have picked up from previous posts, some key assumptions underlie my discussion of the “Transitions” topic: Unsuccessful assimilation of Christian high school kids into collegiate spiritual community …
