2nd Place Leadership
Leadership is tough. Good leadership is hard to come by. Exceptional leadership is a near rarity! And there are so few good, […]
Category: The Campus Minister
7 a.m. Meetings
Mornings. They come every day. And there’s a lot to be said for mornings… but I think most of us would often […]
Are You Coasting?
Have you started to coast towards the Christmas holiday? Do you know what I mean? I often describe this season of life […]
When Students Go to the Hospital
I’ve had the chance over the past week to spend a good amount of time at a nearby hospital with a student. […]
Conflicted @ Catalyst
It’s Friday evening and I have a headache. I’m pretty sure that it’s a people-induced headache… If that’s possible. You see, […]
Catalyst | Tim Elmore | Overcoming Artificial Maturity
I’m at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta this week. It’s a major conference that draws upwards of 13,000 Christian leaders from around […]
Bad Habits of a College Pastor
I’m thinking about some of my bad habits today… Could be a Monday thing. Or it may have something to do […]
Finding A Sustainable Pace
By now, many of us are full-on into a new term of ministry with students.
Whether we’ve been at it for 2 weeks or 4 weeks, or somewhere in between, we’ve likely been going at it hard — recognizing that the first few weeks of the new academic year are critical for connecting with new students. Our desire, as always, is to have the best start ever!
But if we’re not careful, we could quickly find ourselves hitting a wall of sorts.
Yes, the beginning of a new academic year does require a lot from us — in fact, many of us would agree that it’s the busiest time of the year, but it’s also the beginning.
Pastor as Vocation, Not Job
As I continue to comb back through the memoir of Eugene Peterson I was reminded of this challenging and important passage in […]
Claim Your Baggage
Ready or not… a new year of ministry has begun (or will soon begin).
And the reality is that some of us… are not ready.
Many more of us find ourselves much less ready than we’d like to be.
Some of us find ourselves in a place of spiritual, emotional or mental distress.
We don’t feel ready for a new year.
Not for the return of students, the start of classes or the work of serving as pastor to a rapidly moving community.