collegiate ministry tensions not to be resolved
The theme of this year’s Catalyst Conference was “The Tension is Good.” And while certainly not every speaker aimed directly for the heart of the theme (because that would have been annoying), it was...
View Articlea look inside soulforce, a different collegiate effort
One of the groups connected to our work that is worth paying attention to is Soulforce, a pro-GLBT organization that has worked hard to visit lots of Christian campuses (among other places) in the last...
View Articleobama’s surprise and the decisions we shouldn’t make
I don’t know if you caught the Bill O’Reilly interview with Barack Obama before the Super Bowl on Sunday, but I was intrigued by one exchange. And, naturally, I tied it to what we do in campus...
View Articlethe fridea: don’t let summer get away
As this week’s Fridea, I simply want to encourage all of us not to let this summer get away. Not only in the way I discussed yesterday. There are likely several things you could do this summer to...
View Articlestruggles in the branches of collegiate ministry
Last Monday, I argued that we who serve as “missionaries to the campus tribes” need to avail ourselves of learning our field – our “missiology.” It’s not enough for us to learn techniques and “Best...
View Articlestruggles in the branches, part 2
Monday I blogged about struggles I’ve seen in two of the branches of college ministry, after speaking on that (among other things) last week at a seminary “brownbag.” After sharing the difficulties...
View Articlethis-is-missions-monday: lasting
On occasional Mondays, I’m returning to my free ebook, Reaching the Campus Tribes, to highlight some of the themes – most of which remind us just howmissiological this all is. The following passage...
View Articlea last checkpoint
One of my earliest college ministry regrets actually could sound a little mean: I’m disappointed I didn’t ask a student leader to step down. He had spent over a semester breaking his commitments and...
View Articlekeeping up with the bias
The New York Times had a good article last week on the growing issue of colleges finding a way to limit Evangelicals’ ability to organize on campus – at least if we want leaders who reflect a group’s...
View Articlemid-summer mobilization #9: the anti-fridea
Usually my “Frideas” involve simple, straightforward methods you can use in college ministry. Sometimes they twist an old idea; often they’re a little “out of the box.” But today’s idea – though it is...
View Articlethe future in college ministry: reaching the unreached
This week (while many are in Finals or just past them), I thought I’d ponder some future opportunities for college ministry. I’ve touched on some of these before, and I’ll only be lightly touching on...
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