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…

I mentioned last week that I have recently been more aware of some challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas. Last week I shared specifically about the challenges that come with the constant turnover and addition of…

In 2010, the University of Texas was named the nation’s #1 party school.  We (UT) seem to find ourselves on the top 10 or 20 of this list every year. As a result, many well meaning high school students, parents,…

  Last Thursday at the University of Texas, 76 college pastors from 35 different campus ministries met to discuss the “state of the campus.”  This was the 12th annual gathering where we discuss the Longhorn Chronicles, our annual “spiritual map.” We…

A few years ago we developed a simple worksheet to help students think through how to share their story of God’s work in their life. Some students couldn’t identify with the traditional approach that was largely based on Paul’s life…

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…

God is bigger than the Bible. However, I think sometimes we limit God to only the Bible. And by the way, just to avert any misunderstanding whatsoever, I am in no way undervaluing the Scriptures. By placing greater emphasis on…