Often I get asked to teach on the topic of prayer.  I find it to be one of the most difficult topics to teach about.  It’s not that the Bible has little to say on prayer.  It’s that everyone already...

Last Saturday we held a lively gathering of current and potential missional community leaders at UT. Those who have been faithfully leading missional communities were there to share stories and cast vision to a number of students who were hearing...

This weekend I was teaching CRM’s Spark Course to students from the University of Houston.  I shared various examples of what students were doing at the University of Texas to live on mission in their dorms, colleges, and clubs.  I also...

When we first began our work at the University of Texas back in 1996, the college pastors at UT were not very interested in working together.  This was mostly due to the discouraging experiences they had working together previously at...

The last few weeks I have been writing about some of the challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas as we have grown. I wrote about the difficulties of leadership turnover and the changes in how Campus...

I mentioned last week that I have recently been more aware of some challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas. Last week I shared specifically about the challenges that come with the constant turnover and addition of...

We’re in a bit of a transition, if you can call it that.  It has been a slow transition over several years, but it has made an enormous impact on how we function.  Truthfully, it has been really difficult for...

Twenty-one days ago a dozen college pastors stood on stage before 150-200 of their students to explain why we felt God was calling us to unite in a 21-day fast.  You may be thinking, “Twelve pastors!  How long did they...

Here at the University of Texas we are 13 days into a 21-day fast.  About 200 students and staff from about a dozen ministries are fasting together and praying every day at 7am, 8am or 8pm.  It has been wonderful....

More than 200 students at the University of Texas are 7 days into a 21-day fast. Why are we doing this?  It’s not because we thought it would be neat.  It’s not because we were looking for something else to...