Yesterday a year ago – not the date, but the Friday of Catalyst – was one great day on the road trip. I had just discovered that Ravi Zacharias would be speaking at Virginia Tech that next week, less than 6 months after their 2007 tragedy. So I altered my …
My Switcheroo update from the other day got me thinking about all the other great “plan adjustments” God has provided this year. Of course, this trip has only ever been loosely planned all along. But I have a special place in my heart for the moments that hit out of …
I finally was able to make a map of the trip so far! Here it is (starting and ending in Dallas): You can click the map to play around with it at Google. (GoogleMaps is the best. True that. Double true!) Don’t expect exactitude here! But you can see the …
Since it is a huge shopping weekend, I figured it was high time to offer some presents for you college ministry-types out there. Enjoy! Ravi Z. at VT (audio): Remember that forum I got to attend at Virginia Tech? Awesome stuff, and it was great watching God work post-tragedy on …
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 …
Last time, I wrote about Ravi Zacharias’s great visit to Virginia Tech in early October. But this is only one small part of what God has worked for good in the midst of their horrific tragedy 6 months ago. Again, I approach this topic with humility. I want to share …
From Monday, October 8 to Thursday the 11th, I had the opportunity to spend some time at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University – better known as Virginia Tech. The chance to see this campus from the heart of one of their ministries, to attend a forum conducted by a …
Before I leave for Boston tomorrow, I wanted to write a quick update on the life & times of Benson Hines. It’s been a crazy week, for sure. I’m writing from the TV room at the Virginia Tech BCM, which is pretty neato in and of itself. Enjoy. 1. The …
