On August 25th, forty to fifty campus ministers at the University of Texas will unite in prayer to kickoff the 2010 school year.  It’s the first of our weekly campus minister prayer gatherings, which I have led since 1997.  We…

Humility is key to any successful partnership, whether one on one or with the multitude of ministries on a college campus. Here are a few things I’ve learned are helpful when partnering to reach a whole campus. Pray for the…

The other day I was thinking about how much easier it was for me to make friends when I was kid. You like coloring? Disney cartoons? Great! Let’s be friends! Of course, the flip side to this is that it…

The other day I found myself thinking back to a particularly interesting conversation I had with one of my former co-workers a couple of years ago. “I used to be really awkward around non-Christians…” He said. “What?! No way, you’ve…

Last week I chanced upon a testimonial given by Janice and Sonia Lee. If you’ve never heard of them, they’re a pair of Korean Australian twins who have become big youtube sensations especially in South East Asia. I like them…

For several weeks I have been writing 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. Reproduce Spark Groups The final…

This past June I was traveling through Mizzoula, Montana with the desire to go fishing. Mizzoula, Montana has always been in my mind the perfect place to go fishing.  I think this idea came from the movie “A River Runs…

This semester, Wednesdays have seen me showing up to campus by about 8.30am. Usually armed with music sheets and my guitar (though I switch it up and play the piano every now and then), I wait for the clock to…

College campuses are great places to “people-watch.”  The best time to  people-watch is between classes when students pour out of their classrooms.  You can sit in one spot and within a ten minute period see thousands of students walk by….