I’ll Shoot You an Email…I Mean, Text
Within the sphere of Christian ministry, a great number of things stay the same. We “contend for the faith that was once […]
Category: Student Culture, Trends & Issues
4000 Ways to Maximize the First 4 Weeks on Campus
You will never be larger than your first meeting of the year. I’ve been doing campus ministry for over seven years with […]
Four Disruptions That Could Shake Up College Ministry
In the early 2000s, the US Postal Service was stable. They delivered millions of pieces of mail, and that number stayed basically […]
Just Stay Home [?]
On my way into the office this morning I was flipping through the stations on my dial and happened into an interview […]
A New Problem On Campus [?]
Yesterday I ran across a colleague’s Facebook update that included this link to an NPR article entitled, ‘College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness.’ […]
Dressed-Up Worship
For a generation that is so digitally engaged, and even electronically dependent, have screens and multi-media become a necessary part of today’s […]
In Case You Ever Wonder…
Do you ever find yourself wondering if life on campus is more challenging today, than it was even 5 or 10 years […]
Moving Students Into Small Groups
In my post yesterday I talked about the disturbing trend among teens away from involvement in small groups. There’s so much about […]
Small Group Involvement Declines
According to the latest research put out by Barna, regular involvement faith-related small groups among teens has drastically declined over the last 13 years.
This finding confirms what I’ve been seeing on my current campus over the past 5 years. In fact, over the course of my 13 years in campus ministry I believe I’ve seen the rise and fall (and in some cases, the rise again) of the ‘big three’ programing elements: worship, small groups and outreach.
It’s All A Gift
According to the American Heart Association website, “approximately 95% of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital.”
Sometime between 12:10pm and 12:20 pm on April 14th my world was turned upside down. During a run over my lunch hour, I went into full cardiac arrest and collapsed. At 32 years of age I had a heart attack…at 32! This was completely unexpected and the circumstances surrounding my survival are nothing short of miraculous.