Last week was a particularly unique week in Austin. My beloved city hosted three unique events, each with its own “revival lens.” Austin hosted the Verge Conference, where about 2000 pastors and ministry leaders from around the world gathered to...

God’s pursuit fuels passion, which fuels missions. I am a father of two sons (5 & 3). One of their favorite movies is “Finding Nemo”. During a window of about 3 months we watched the movie 84 times. To be...

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...

Often I get asked to teach on the topic of prayer.  I find it to be one of the most difficult topics to teach about.  It’s not that the Bible has little to say on prayer.  It’s that everyone already...

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...

Seems to me things are getting a little antsy around Austin. I see more evangelism around me than ever, but I see more frustrated faces as well. Perhaps with the rise of Gospel-spreading has come the rise of harvest-hoping, and...

Back in 1997 campus ministers at the University of Texas met to talk about what it meant to work together to see the University of Texas transformed by the gospel.  We, Campus Renewal Ministries, had been asking them to consider...

Back in 1997 campus ministers at the University of Texas met to talk about what it meant to work together to see the University of Texas transformed by the gospel.  We, Campus Renewal Ministries, had been asking them to consider...

  For the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.”  These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. #3 – Pray...