The Campus Renewal Ministry mission excites me: “to create and catalyze united movements that transform college campuses for Christ. By bringing students, campus ministries, and local churches together in prayer and evangelism, we strengthen the influence of the Body of...

“…Who can withstand His icy blast?” I paused my reading of Psalm 147 to let out a guffaw as my shaking hands testified with the Scripture.  Trying to steady my hands so I could read from the snow-dotted iPhone screen,...

“Blue forty-two…watch number 53!” yells the quarterback as he motions his hand to the right. The wide receiver moves to the left of the quarterback as he sets in motion the play. With the slight move of his hand like...

Working for two campus-related ministries and being the mom of a college student, I read a lot of research, hear a lot of reports and am all too aware of how precariously close we are to having the voice of...

In September I had a simple dream: I saw a map of the United States, and a storm was brewing in the surrounding oceans. It produced two huge waves, one that rose over California, and another over New England. Like...

I love missional communities. Not simply for theological reasons, but because of how they help cultivate spiritually healthy people. As I have taught and practiced missional community over the past year and a half, there have been three main ways...

Karen was a wealth of information.  It was only my second day on the job, and she was exactly the person I wanted to talk to.  She had been the director of KU’s chapter of a national student ministry organization...

One of my favorite elements about the yearly luncheon hosted by CRM in the fall, is the opportunity to sit in the room with ministries that represent the diversity that exists in the body of Christ along lines of culture,...

The War Between the Sexes The “war between the sexes” is a common motif, idea, and joke amongst both Christian and non-Christian circles. Think of all the classic episodes of your favorite sitcoms that put the men vs. the women...

The Problem I grew up in a charismatic worldview. I was praying for people to be healed at the age of 7. I was exposed to people speaking in tongues, being “slain” in the spirit, and a variety of other...