Last Thursday, 22 college pastors from the University of Texas spent the entire day together in prayer and planning. Just as most churches pull their staff away one day a year to spend time talking about their vision and plans...

Recently I came to a stunning realization about myself – I am a judgemental person. For someone who’s been in full-time ministry for over 4 years, you can imagine why this would have hit hard. As campus ministers, we’re supposed...

Ten years ago, campus ministry leaders at the University of Texas began asking that question.  It wasn’t that it had never been asked.  It was that ministries had never really worked together to in a systematic way to measure the...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. The Importance of an Outside Voice One way to be sure an event is a catalytic one is to...

4 days later and I still can’t believe another Rez Week has gone by. There’s something exhilarating about being together with hundreds of other students from different ministries, all unashamedly worshiping Christ as the united Body of Christ on campus....

I am driving to Houston in about thirty minutes to meet with my friend and advisor, Jim Herrington.  Back in 1999, when campus ministers at the University of Texas were just beginning to pray together and seek God for transformation...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus  Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. When Leaders Call the Body To Unite Throughout scripture there are many times when God called His people together...

Like I’ve said before, Spring at The University of Texas is pretty much my favorite time of the year. Why? Because getting to celebrate Rez Week (Resurrection Week) on campus is like nothing else. Not for me anyway. One of...

Last week I wrote about how I believe God wants the Body of Christ in geographic regions (meaning who share the same mission field) to plan united events – calendared events where they come together for prayer, worship, and vision...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus  Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. The Importance of United Events We cannot grow in the Lord apart from developing our personal relationship with God...