I can’t quite recall when the switch happened, but it was probably 4 or 5 years into my college ministry career when I started to look forward to conference more for the relational connections than for the conference content.
Do you know what I meant?
There’s just something about being with people who get what we do that’s so significant, so generative.
People of similar heart and mind, who feel called to reach college students with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
They’re gone, but not forgotten.
They are our student leaders — the heartbeat of our ministry on campus — and they’ve dispersed for the summer months.
But thanks to all of the advances in technology, keeping up with them this summer has never been easier!
And it will be important that we do, because the pace of life that most students live at is mind-boggling. They are heavy consumers of experiences and information… and they don’t like to say “No” to much that comes their way.
Count me “officially” back!
After a month away from the blog, it’s only fitting that my first post back serve as one that both “thanks” and cElEbrAtEs! those who filled in for me during the month of May.
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!
Your contributions to the conversations happening here at FaithONCampus.com are so appreciated! And are to be celebrated!
Therefore, this month’s Top Posts are a highlight real of all of the great guest posts that were offered up!
From going to class, balancing studying and socializing, maintaining relationships and dealing with financial burdens, today’s college student has a great deal on his or her mind. Take a look at just some of the issues college students may be concerned about on a daily basis.
Offered by: Muhammad Saleem
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As the end of the spring term draws ever closer… and our ministry efforts on campus begin to shift from active and engaged to more reflective and preparatory… I think there are three important perspectives from which we need to consider our work.
Fridays are for ‘Reclaiming Words!’
The intent of this series is to explore words that I think need to be introduced — or re-introduced — to this current generation of college students.
These words have lost their meaning… or have been mis-used or redefined in unhelpful ways… and therefore need to be reclaimed and redefined (again) so that they can be realized by our students!
Today’s word: PERSPECTIVE.
When the money gets tight…
How do you make decisions?
It seems that most of us have felt the economic pinch of our time, and been dealt serious budgetary cuts — and some have even lost funding for positions — in an attempt to make ends meet.
If you’ve been serving students for very long at all, then you know that the summer months can be a challenging season for many of our students.
Spiritually speaking, many will struggle to re-engage back in the community of faith they were apart of before they left for college… (which assumes, of course, that they had one to leave in the first place).