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…

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 was walking to my car that evening I felt guilty and depressed. “Maybe I’m not cut out for campus ministry…” I thought to myself. When I was a student, I loved getting to know everyone in the room….

This semester I have been writing about how prayer and mission go hand in hand.  You can’t have one without the other.  There might be no better passage to prove this than the story told in Acts 10 when God…

The Missional Community on the River While wandering through the internet and listening to a past sermon from a guest speaker at church, I remember the speaker mentioning a story that hit a chord in my heart. It spoke volumes…

This year I have been writing about the character traits and skills of effective missional community leaders. I wrote about missional leaders being proactive, hospitable, generous, available, attentive, persevering, holy, kind, and culturally aware. This post will look at how missional leaders are present in the moment…

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…

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…