It’s that time of year again.  Summer missions season, which means my inbox is full of reports from students on the mission field. We print the reports and pray for the UT missionaries every week in the Campus House of...

Recently I had the opportunity to catch up with a friend whom I haven’t seen in a while. As we spent the day wandering around enjoying the sights, sounds and food of the city, our conversation soon turned to reminiscing...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. Being In The World “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. We’re Sent Like Jesus Was Sent In Jesus’s longest recorded prayer in John 17, He said to His Father,...

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...

I thought I understood the Great Commission. The more I study, the more I’m finding out what Jesus really desired His followers to do. This has had a tremendous impact on how I view campus ministry. I like my comfort...

I’m not in the habit of staying out incredibly late on Saturday nights. 5 years of being in the worship team at my church means a bright and early arrival at 7.15am on Sunday mornings to set up with the...

Valentine’s Day, or Singles’ Awareness Day as some friends like to call it, is an interesting annual occasion. For some, it’s a day where one gets flowers, chocolate and a romantic dinner with one’s sweetheart. For others, it’s more like...

One of the things that Christians always seem to be doing, is either finding or talking about a church that they really enjoy going to.  That’s great, it’s important to have a community of fellow Christ-followers that are an encouragement...

One more day and we’ll be in December.  All to soon we’ll be saying goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011. There’s something about this time of the year that makes me reflective. Call it nostalgia, but I like to...