Every year about this time we ask all of the 67 campus ministries at the University of Texas to complete a year-end survey. We compile the data each year and create a resource known as the  Longhorn Chronicles. It’s all…

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have…

Last week I wrote about the difficulty many students face this time of year, as they are being asked to consider positions of leadership in campus ministries. It has been my observation that this process causes a lot of tension…

During the month of February, many campus ministries at the University of Texas are working together to have students on campus sharing the gospel each week day from 10am to 7pm.  We call the initiative Beautiful Feet. Last Thursday, my…

A blog post dealing with Gospel strategy (missiology), outreach to international students on college campuses, and the Insider Movement.

In the American church today, we really like addition. We are encouraged to invite our friends to church services, bibles studies, campus ministry meetings, etc. We even hold social events specifically as means to invite our friends into the church….

Well it seems that it’s that time of the year again: Midterms *dundundun* I know a lot of us had a hard week this past week, and as for me, it was both terrible and wonderful at the same time….

This week, I’ll be tackling a question I’ve had since I was a little kid: How can people live the way that they do? How can they lose everything in their life that matters to them, their wives, their children,…

This weekend I had the privilege to be the cantor at a Catholic wedding. It was at a beautiful little church amidst the hills of south Austin called St. Catherine of Sienna. The ceremony was touching, and as a hopeless…