I wrote last week about the newly reformed partnership of six campus ministries at UT called “Renovate UT.”  Our vision is stated this way: “Renovate UT is a partnership of campus ministries seeking the redemption and restoration of God’s kingdom...

Campus Renewal Ministries forges partnerships in prayer to build missional communities that transform college campuses with the gospel of Jesus. We partner campus ministries in prayer and mission. The last few weeks I have been writing a little about some...

When we first began our work at the University of Texas back in 1996, the college pastors at UT were not very interested in working together.  This was mostly due to the discouraging experiences they had working together previously at...

The last few weeks I have been writing about some of the challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas as we have grown. I wrote about the difficulties of leadership turnover and the changes in how Campus...

Twenty-one days ago a dozen college pastors stood on stage before 150-200 of their students to explain why we felt God was calling us to unite in a 21-day fast.  You may be thinking, “Twelve pastors!  How long did they...

Here at the University of Texas we are 13 days into a 21-day fast.  About 200 students and staff from about a dozen ministries are fasting together and praying every day at 7am, 8am or 8pm.  It has been wonderful....

Today, Monday October 31st, while thousands of students at the University of Texas are celebrating Halloween in some innocent ways and some perverse ways, 170 students are uniting in worship to kick off a season of prayer and fasting. Some...

Last week 77 campus ministers from 43 different campus ministries met for half the day get to know each other, discuss what God is doing on campus, and consider what God has for us in the future.  The day consisted...

Naturally Automatic Have you noticed that just about everything in our world can be automated for us? Automatic transmissions are the norm and most of us never learn to drive standard. It seems almost awkward to me to have to...

Soiled Jeans of Glory It’s once a century that I hear a true, God-given gift of a story. They make me pee my pants when I do. I don’t mean like Aladdin—I don’t want your daily provisos, as glorifying as...