I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Annie Downs.  We talked about college ministry, books, football, Nashville, and bravery in our everyday lives.  Downs is bright, funny, considerate, thoughtful, tough and smart.  She is the author of three...

Thursday nights at MIT House of Prayer, we have been praying John 17, Jesus’ high priestly prayer for His church:  “…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they may...

What is the biggest thing you’ve asked God for today?  This year?  In your life?   Do you believe God is stronger than you?  That he has more time on his hands?  That he knows better what you and everyone...

A man with an iron suit, a fallen son born of royalty, an assassin, an archer, a solider, a giant green monster, a telekinetic girl, a speedster and a humanoid android form a dysfunctional ticking time bomb called upon to...

I want to open up with a question.  What is your calling?  For college students this is a very common question.  What am I, who am I, and what is God calling me to do?  In college I think we...

The day after Easter, U ARISE launched forty days of prayer over Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.  Our daily prayer spans the forty days that Christ resurrected until the day he ascended. The Bible tells us that He...

It was Wednesday when I questioned God’s goodness.  This isn’t what you want to hear from your ministers, your community leaders and your campus ministry instructors.  I’m learning, though, that being in ministry doesn’t mean you don’t feel angry with...

Everyone knows that college life is full of temptation.  College students have more freedom than ever before to do whatever they want to do.  There is temptation around every corner, the biggest of which is particularly damaging.  It can ruin...

My local rugby team here in Austin runs a “chat” thread on Facebook..  The other day, one of my mates raised the question: “Is Easter Over?”  I must confess that this is not the typical type of posting that ends...

Every week students are coming to Christ at the University of Texas at Dallas!  The spiritual climate around campus has shifted this spring as if a warm, refreshing breeze had blown through to drive out the winter, and there is an excited...