It’s that time of the year again — student leaders are starting to make their way back to campus for a few days of training before the new year begins.
This is a group that, six months ago, thought they wanted to serve their peers as a part of our ministry team. They were in a place, spiritually speaking, where they sensed God leading them to offer their talents and passions to the work God is doing on our campus.
That was six months ago.
Beginning August 23rd, 120 church leaders, campus ministers, and student leaders will be calling the United Methodist Church to pray as a […]
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ 2He called a child, […]
I hate to make mistakes. OK. Maybe it has less to do with actually making the mistakes, and more to do with […]
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Do you ever struggle to practice what you preach? I do. As people who work with college students we often find ourselves […]
In two previous posts on assessment, Satisfying Work [?] and 3 Steps to More Satisfying Work, I shared a few points of […]
What does the word ‘assessment’ do for you?
My guess would be that it evokes one of two responses: 1) you become giddy at the thought of a deep and thorough examination of pertinent data, calculating results and determining important ‘next steps’ (less common – it has to be!), OR 2) your pulse begins to race, your stomach begins to turn, and you suddenly feel like you’re at the bottom of a 14,000 foot mountain with neither the equipment nor the expertise to attempt the climb (more common — especially for the relational-types that make up a large percentage of the ministerial population).
While I don’t think I’ll ever LOVE the idea of assessment, I do think it’s important.
In my reading this morning I sat with Paul’s encouraging letter to the believers in Philippi. The first half of chapter 2, on imitating Christ’s humility, has always been a challenging word to hear…
This morning was no different.
I live a few miles west of the city of coffee aka Portland, Oregon. Portlanders take their coffee seriously. It must be one […]