In honor of the start of the school year for many schools this week (yes, the start of the school year!)… One distinct college ministry context I had the chance to explore last year was the Quarter System. Most of the country has no idea that there are lots of …
A few days ago, I started an intermittent series of posts recapping some of the trends I’ve see in various areas of Christianity and Christian ministry. I’m also including some methods or organizations that I’m semi-predicting could be trends soon enough. (Here’s the first “Futures Market” post.) These are just …
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 …
To wrap up on the text message / Q&A discussion, I wanted to include the various ways I’ve seen texting used in ministry this year (both in church services and college ministries). (See yesterday’s post for reasons texting is especially impactful, as well as the run-down of the earlier posts.) …
Yesterday, I wrote a reflection on New Student Orientations, pointing out what a “brink” those pre-freshman moments are for students. Whether Orientation is the brink of life-finding and life-living or the brink of deep difficulty and ambushing pain, these moments set the stage for one of the biggest watershed moments …
Here’s a quick update, so you can move the little racecar on your U.S. map to the next location. You are mapping my road trip as I go, right? In any case, tomorrow starts Chapter Nine of the Road Trip, at least according to the way I’ve organized my Itinerary. …
Again, I fully recognize that many reading this aren’t involved in the Southern Baptist Convention. But some of you are – and others might just be interested in how the annual gathering of SBCers plays out this week. (My first post – about the surreal existence of a young adult …
As you may know, I’m attending the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis this week. It’s pretty interesting to be in the yearly convention of the largest Protestant denomination in the world – especially when I’m hunting for anything connected to college students, young adults, and/or millennials. As a …
I’m wondering about results. I’m not done with this trip; with 2 1/2 months left (presumably), there’s really a lifetime left in road trip terms. But I am still asking, What is the “fruit” of this trip supposed to look like? Please be praying for me in the upcoming days. …
So… a few nights ago I was chatting with some new friends in the basement of the “Essex House,” a house run by Campus Outreach Minneapolis, which is the college ministry of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and in which I am staying this week. How I got there is a long …
