Beyond Silo(ed) Faith
In my post yesterday I shared some thoughts on the way we do ministry with college students — specifically wanting to explore […]
Category: Spiritual Formation
Safe Haven Christianity
Are we creating wimpy Christians? Are our ministries functioning as “safe havens” for young believers to seek harbor — not from anti-Christian […]
An “Attractive” Faith
How do you talk about the way Jesus is continually drawing us to himself?
Or how would you describe that special, mysterious “something” that you see in others that makes you want to be around them — because somehow it seems to point you to Jesus?
Catalyst | Susan Isaacs | Be Still and Know Your Story: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography
What is the story that you can no longer NOT tell? If you were to die tonight, what are the stories or […]
Catalyst | Francis Chan | HIS Presence Matters
In case you hadn’t picked up on it in previous posts… the theme for the Catalyst conference this year is simply: Be […]
Catalyst | Michael Hyatt | The Importance of a Leader’s Heart
How’s your heart? What’s the condition of your heart? These are important questions for leaders to ask — and honestly answer. If […]
Catalyst | David Kinnaman | You Lost Me
Are we making effective disciples? That can be a tough question to answer. It requires an honest assessment And statistics tell […]
Do You Encourage Students to Wrestle With God & Scripture?
It may seem like a dumb question, but I wonder… Do we really encourage our students to wrestle with their understanding […]
College Years as Desert Experience [?]
With all of the transition, struggle, change and formation that takes place during the college years, I wonder how our approach to […]
Spiritual Mentoring | A Resource for Equipping the Saints
Have you ever wondered how you might multiply the efforts of your ministry on campus? I have.
And after 6 years of hard work on the same campus I heard a colleague express something that unlocked a part of the mystery for me in this area…
His statement was something to the effects of:
Student after student, when asked “what made your experience at BU so significant?,” shared a rendition of the same answer: it was the meaningful relationships that they formed.
And almost to a person, they would identify a faculty or staff person who had taken some intentional time to be with them — to be a listener, someone who asked good questions, an encourager, someone who challenged or pushed them, a shoulder to cry on, a mentor, a teacher of life — a friend.