A week ago, I wrote about a recent theme in my college ministry research – and, I suspect, a trend within college ministry right now. That trend is Vocational Discipleship, helping students think about what it means to live out their workplace callings in light of the Lord. As a …
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 …
It’s always interesting to watch as my various road trips take on particular “themes.” Sometimes these are ministry topics that keep popping up over and over, sometimes they’re college ministry trends that become noticeable through repetition, and other times they’re more “random,” but redundant, events. The recent 6-week road trip …
Last week, I posted the outline from my recent seminar for Christian high school guidance counselors. The last part of that talk looked at three ways to help high school graduates find good college ministries and succeed spiritually in that world. We all know that the Transition to college is …
I arrived home last night from the biggest road trip since the yearlong road trip: 43 days, 43 campuses, 20 states, and 6,435 miles. Over 75 significant discussions with college ministers. You can see all the explorations here; you can read all related blog posts here; you can read all …
Road Trip 11 has come to an end! As you know if you’ve been following along, the trip was a fantastic and quite full excursion to the Northeast, throughout the Northeast, and back – via Nashville on the way up and Ohio / Illinois on the way back! As I …
My talk at the NACCAP conference last week covered two basic, important topics that every college minister should be prepared to chat about with anyone “sending” students into the college world: parents, youth pastors, pastors, or – in this case – high school counselors. Those topics? What college ministry looks …
One of my greatest joys from all this traveling and connecting has been the chance to point college ministers and their ministries to resources, people, and other ministries that will provide some sort of benefit. It’s a little overwhelming to realize that I have connected personally with probably 400+ college …
High school counselors are not the only group of unlikely allies I ran into this week. College admissions people are another. This week, a campus minister told me that the admissions office at his secular school asked for the low-down on campus religious opportunities. When recruiters talk to high school …
After spending a week with ladies and gentlemen at the NACCAP conference, something I’m realizing: Who may be the only adult in many students’ lives strategically and specifically thinking about collegiate success? Their high school guidance counselor. Think about it – parents and youth pastors may express concern, but how …
