Many college ministries have made overseas missions a priority. Whether by taking mission trips together, encouraging students to consider short-term or mid-term missions opportunities, or simply seeking to lift up students’ eyes to the (overseas) fields, international missions is a regular “push” for many college ministries. So in light of …
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about Easter possibilities. But can campus ministries even celebrate Easter, or use Easter time strategically? Of course they can. Combining and revising a couple of posts from long ago, here are some thoughts about the upcoming holiday. Easter and Christmas, THE two biggest “liturgies” …
A very simple Fridea that I first shared eight years ago… Share purposes with your students. How often do you relate – explicitly – why certain things take place in your college ministry? Even weekly events or other very basic things? Have you ever shared, “This is why we have our Large …
A quick thought on where “we who teach” find application steps to push people to take… If a college minister is discipling people, he or she should expect fruit, right? Of course there are always fits-and-starts among our students, some complete backsliding, and other frustrations. But someone, somewhere is learning …
It’s doubtful that your students will get recruited by a traveling circus. But they – and especially your top leaders – are likely to get pulled into other commitments just as entangling. Studying abroad, a campus leadership post, a summer internship, maybe a year-round ministry role at a local church. Even just …
How well – and how quickly – would your students be able to spot a cult on campus? What about something that isn’t unorthodox, but a ministry or teaching that doesn’t line up with the distinctives of your particular denomination? Obviously, the former case is more important than the latter. …
Every time I watch the Academy Awards, I find myself thrilled by the excellence being displayed and awarded (last-award flubs notwithstanding). However out-of-sync believers may feel the big bad “Hollywood” is when it comes to our worldview, it’s hard to deny that there were masters on that stage last night, who know …
How well have you taught your students to think Christianly about “everyday” things, like the media they consume? If you’ve got some students (as a result of your leading or otherwise) who are thoughtful about music, the latest Netflix series, movies, etc., could they take that thoughtfulness a step further …
Some of your students don’t have a “home church” because church wasn’t even on their minds before they came to college. But other students definitely do – with various levels of involvement in their histories – and will be back around this summer (again, with various levels of planned involvement). …
College ministry is one of the easiest platforms for teaching missional living – at least on a residential campus – because students have been pre-immersed in “life on life” with all sorts of people. And this takes place to a degree they’ll never see again – even apartment living has nothing on …
