Last week was a particularly unique week in Austin. My beloved city hosted three unique events, each with its own “revival lens.” Austin hosted the Verge Conference, where about 2000 pastors and ministry leaders from around the world gathered to...

What does it really look like to partner in mission? A long time ago, 1999 to be exact, I suggested to college pastors that we share a common database and connect our students across ministry lines to be missionaries in...

To wrap up the blind man’s rambling on discipleship, I’ll take two common questions and throw some thoughts at them. This is a much shorter post than normal because these questions, although asked often and important to understand, aren’t difficult...

Campus Renewal Ministries forges partnerships in prayer to build missional communities that transform college campuses with the gospel of Jesus. We partner campus ministries in prayer and mission. The last few weeks I have been writing a little about some...

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...

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...

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...

Today, Monday October 31st, while thousands of students at the University of Texas are celebrating Halloween in some innocent ways and some perverse ways, 170 students are uniting in worship to kick off a season of prayer and fasting. Some...