Grieving the Church You know that verse that tells us not to grieve the Holy Spirit? Sometimes, I think we need to be be reminded not to grieve Christian community. The notion of “community” is something most Christians are familiar...

As I was driving home from winter break, that fabulous one-hit wonder song, “What is love? (Baby don’t hurt me)” started playing on the radio. As I jived to the funky techno beat, singing the main chorus as loudly as...

 A few weeks ago I wrote about three ways Christian students get it wrong when trying to find “The One.” I said there are three things students should not do in their search for a husband or wife: don’t pray about...

It’s the end of the semester, so I thought I’d go a little bit off topic this week by writing about relationships. These are my opinions, not necessarily those of Campus Renewal Ministries. Many students come to college hoping to...

Have you ever disagreed with a Christian friend about meaningful things such as theology, worship style, ministry philosophy, politics, ethics, or how to educate your children? Outside of the central common beliefs Christians share, there is so much room for...

This blog is a little bit of a rant, but I believe it needs to be written, not to make anyone feel guilty but to encourage the body of Christ to better honor one another. I was talking recently with...

One of the ways we, Campus Renewal Ministries, teach students how to live on mission and to get out of their Christian bubbles is to change some simple patterns in their lives.  We call these “missional rhythms.” I shared four simple...

A sad reality of our society today is that celebrity scandals in the news are no surprise to us anymore. Headlines about the rich and famous having nude photos leak or getting DUI’s just make us go, “Meh,”. If you...

One of the ways we, Campus Renewal Ministries, teach students how to live on mission and to get out of their Christian bubbles is to change some simple patterns in their lives.  We call these “missional rhythms.” rhythm “movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of...

My wife Brenda and I have a great tradition. Every year we take an anniversary trip where one person plans the trip and keeps it a secret from the other one. Yep, she’s quite a sport! I planned the 11th...