Syracuse, New York – On Friday night at 7pm, Syracuse University will have the largest Christian gathering they have seen in years spanning multiple ministries and churches with 5,000 people estimated to attend. Worship the King, which happens once a...

It’s funny.  You can’t make this up.  I just opened my computer to write this article on the power of perseverance and presence, when Facebook kindly congratulated me on 21 years of work for Campus Renewal.  It’s May 1st, and I...

Different Individuals, Same Body of Christ During Rez Week at The University of Texas at Austin, for an hour in the prayer tent, we broke up into groups and prayed with people from different ministries. As I sat and listened...

“Can we pray for sexual assault victims at the Good Friday service?”  The student sitting across from me in one of those overstuffed chairs was being completely sincere.  He had hoofed it up the hill to the student union to...

In the world of college campuses, it is so easy to categorize Christian groups as clubs — separate — each doing its own thing and not worrying about what others are doing. However, the Gospel is best represented through the...

Since 2001, campus ministry leaders at The University of Texas at Austin  have worked together to “spiritually map” our campus.  Spiritual mapping is defined as the systematic gathering and evaluation of data through surveys, research, and spiritual perceptions in order...

“It seems to me that all of that racial tension on campus has kind of blown over.  Things are pretty much back to normal again, aren’t they?” I didn’t really know how to answer that question.  At our monthly prayer...

As we walked through the tall grasses and stepped onto the frozen sand – our souls paused… to soak in the supreme serenity and majesty of the sunrise. Predawn beckoned the fiery orb forth and wholly broke the darkness. Yes, during the predawn,...

Sometimes the best way to foster a greater sense of unity on campus is not to host a united event that brings people together at one time and in one location, but to create a common strategy that every campus...

Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord,...