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...

There’s no busier time in campus ministry than the first month of classes. The first month is filled with leadership retreats, welcome events, outreach events, tabling, and countless hours on campus meeting new students. With all this activity, some things...

The past few weeks Austin Stone Community Church has been teaching a series on the sovereignty of God in suffering.  While I’ve enjoyed the series and agree with most of their theology on this difficult subject, I have also been...

This last week fourteen CRM staff gathered for our annual conference. Yep, that’s it… just fourteen of us working on about six different campuses. Even with a group that small our differences are profound. We all have different gifts, different...

Every year about this time we ask all of the 67 campus ministries at the University of Texas to complete a year-end survey. We compile the data each year and create a resource known as the  Longhorn Chronicles. It’s all...

It’s that time of year again guys. It’s recruiting time! At the start of the school year ministries “compete” for all of the new students. At the end of the school year ministries “compete” for new leaders. Some recruit new...

Are we more sinful or more sanctified, more flesh or more Spirit? Why don't Christians follow the Torah? What law now applies to us, if we have died to the old?

Last week at the University of Texas we hosted our 18th annual Rez Week. If you were there, you heard me say something from the stage every night. I kept saying, “Rez Week is a celebration of our unity.  It...

Last week I wrote about the joyful weekend I had with some of my friends from college. It’s a joy to be with them because we are all still walking with the Lord. We’ve had ups and downs for sure, but...