One of the ways we, Campus Renewal Ministries, teach students how to live on mission and to get out of their Christian bubbles is to change some simple patterns in their lives.  We call these “missional rhythms.” rhythm “movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of...

My wife Brenda and I have a great tradition. Every year we take an anniversary trip where one person plans the trip and keeps it a secret from the other one. Yep, she’s quite a sport! I planned the 11th...

This past week I was reminded again how prideful students can be. Though they just have 18-22 years of experience under their belt, they often think they are wiser and more Godly than their college pastors. Get campus ministers together,...

In 2010, the University of Texas was named the nation’s #1 party school.  We (UT) seem to find ourselves on the top 10 or 20 of this list every year. As a result, many well meaning high school students, parents,...

  Last Thursday at the University of Texas, 76 college pastors from 35 different campus ministries met to discuss the “state of the campus.”  This was the 12th annual gathering where we discuss the Longhorn Chronicles, our annual “spiritual map.” We...

Campus Renewal Ministries has a very unique role on the campuses where we serve. As a ministry that serves to partner other ministries in prayer and mission, much of our time is spent trying to get ministry leaders together in...

I hate this time of year. As the election nears, the possibility for division in the Christian community grows. I remember being at a friend’s dinner party shortly after the 2008 election. Of course politics came up, and one angry...

Last week I wrote about why unity is important. I looked at several scriptures in first Corinthians that described the price of division. I explained how division stunts our growth, ruins our witness, and causes God to resist us. Basically,...

Given that Campus Renewal Ministries works to unite campus ministries in prayer and mission, we’re often asked to explain why we believe ministries should work together and what we mean by “unity.” For the next few weeks I will share...

Last week at the University of Texas we had our first campus minister Fusion Group, a weekly time of prayer for college pastors at UT. Thirty-nine pastors from twenty-one ministries attended. What a way to start the school year! We’ve...