Lord, Teach Me to Pray Throughout the past few years, many people from this community have been praying for a consistent prayer room in/near our local college in Kennesaw, Georgia. Until recently, I never understood why we pray other than...

I had the opportunity to travel to my home of Pennsylvania this summer.  One of the joys I indulge myself when I travel is to explore other expressions of the vast Christian faith.  Having grown up a Catholic and a...

This week, I was able to participate in my church’s missions conference. While we hosted 15 guests from a variety of nations, our primary focus this year was on South Africa. Our church sent a young woman as a missionary to South...

There is a mystery to the way prayer works.  Often the Biblical commands about prayer and the Biblical narratives about prayer seem to be at odds with one another.  Prayer often feels like a two-sided coin. This semester I would...

A Noble Request In an oft-quoted passage of scripture (Luke 17), Jesus’ disciples approach Him with a noble request:  “Show us how to increase our faith,” they say.  As far as requests from the disciples are concerned, this one’s pretty...

You just entered your senior and final year at MIT, are going to be graduating in May with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, and today, you are asked by the university to pause for fifteen minutes to...

One of the things unique about studying revival, is that people see revival  through so many lenses.  The end is the same: God being fully glorified on  campus.  The means, however, are very different depending on which lens  you see...

As I sat on the grass in the beautiful weather this Monday with one dozen UT Dallas students – praising Him for all He has done for us, asking for His kingdom to come and His will to be done...

How can you tell if someone is in campus ministry? Their calendar year doesn’t start on the first of January but at the start of a new school year. One of the realities of campus ministry is that it has...

Baylor, once relatively unheard of, is hurtling into becoming a household name.  The once small football program is now housed in a shiny new stadium, with fans desperate for tickets and expecting wins.  Robert Griffin III is championing a new...