Some updates! Losing a campus. I was sitting around the other day, and the thought crossed my mind – “Did I leave Grand Canyon University out of my campus count on the yearlong trip?” I think I was recollecting the oranges (or some bright fruit) growing on campus and the …
I realized a while back that I never, ever finished out my quick-descriptions of the final campuses of the big trip. So, for those of you looking for pertinent college ministry info, sorry for today’s diversion. But if you’re unfamiliar with the yearlong exploration I got to have, here’s a …
Yesterday I linked to the LEAD Network podcast I got to be interviewed for. It was a very cool opportunity, and I’m thankful for the chance to discuss what I learned this past year! Since there are lots of references to various ministries and themes in those 19 minutes, I …
Toward the end of the trip, I had the opportunity to sit down for lunch with Aaron Stern, Pastor of theMILL, the college and young adult ministry of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Several other college ministers from across the spectrum of Evangelicalism had encouraged me to check out …
As you may have gathered, I finished the trip last night, after 370 wonderful days. 179 campuses, 165 weekend church visits, 44 states, etc., etc. I’ll keep working on calculating totals for all the trip’s activities, but the numbers from the year are looking pretty phenomenal. The “finish line” yesterday …
Yesterday, I had the chance to visit my alma mater once again. Texas A&M for me is a place of striking emotion. I think being a college minister adds to those emotions as I reflect on my school, as does the fact that I left A&M early, when God called …
At about 11pm Central Time on August 16, 2007, I left Dallas on a road trip that would forever impact my life – all in hopes that this unique exploration of college ministry would, in fact, ultimately impact far beyond my life. In only the last 72 hours, I’ve visited …
Let’s finish this summary of my churchful weekend! As Sunday continued, I was, until about Noon, aiming for TEN weekend church services. Following #6 at North Mountain, I had two church services in the on-deck circle: an 11:55am at one church, and a Noon at another. But making either of …
Continuing the “color commentary” for my whopping NINE church service visits this weekend, here’s the update from Sunday morning… (The first three services are covered in Saturday’s post, and all this crazy weekend’s main posts are logged in this first post.) catching the 8am express One of the values of …
Okay, so I only made it to nine church services this weekend. That’s still pretty significant, right? And, in the spirit of the Olympic Games, it beats my old record by 3 whole services. There was a Saturday morning church in there. There was an “express service.” There were at …
