In Ephesians 4, Paul gives what may be the greatest key to regional transformation in all of Scripture. To turn the key on a transformational engine and create momentum is the unique calling of every student ministry. It’s the missional...

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to sit in on many sermons, given by many pastors.  Perhaps this can be attributed to the nature of my job over the last 5 years, to work with campus ministers of...

Two weeks ago forty students from ten different campus ministries at UT spent three days together at the “Mission(all) Retreat.”  The retreat, aimed at equipping many of this year’s missional community leaders, was a collaborative effort.  College pastors from eight...

As students are being encouraged to become immersed and imbedded in the greater university cultures around them, missional churches are both excited and terrified of the impact on their pre-existing ministry communities. On the one hand, these missional churches (and...

Thoughts on Verge During the Verge conference in Austin , TX last school year, we were blessed to have a pre-meeting to the conference.  During this time, many of the nation’s leaders in missional community thinking came together with local leaders that...

“Christian living does not mean to be good but to become good; Not to be well but to get well; not being but becoming; Not rest but training. We are not yet, but we shall be. It has not yet...

For the last five years I have watched ministries wrestle with the need to meld prayer and mission.  “Cell Groups”, “Simple Churches”, “House Churches”, “Alpha Courses”, “Seeker Friendly Services”, etc.  are all programs put in place by ministries to make the...

I have a confession to make. I HATE doing the dishes. I’ll cook you anything you want to eat, whip up salads, bake desserts, but dishes? Forget it. There is a reason why God inspired the invention of the dishwasher,...