Are Your Students Universalists?
Scot McKnight is on campus this week. I’m really excited about how God is already using him to challenge our […]
Tag: college students
PICK A HILL TO CLIMB
How much better will your ministry be in November or March than it is in August? Ministry improvement should be a year-round […]
Social Networking as Ministry
Last summer I had the chance to lead a couple of workshops on Social Networking as Ministry at the United Methodist Collegiate Ministries ‘Prepare’ Conference.
It was a lot of fun and generated some great conversation.
I made sure that they knew I did not consider myself to be an “expert” in the area of social networking and let them know that there’s a lot for us to learn from one another as we think about having a pastoral e-presence.
Every Step An Arrival
I’ve been sitting with this phrase today… every step an arrival.
It’s the subtitle for Eugene Peterson’s Memoir entitled: The Pastor. I read this book for the first time last summer, and am planning to reread it this summer (and probably every summer to come — it’s one of those books).
Peterson credits a poem written by Denise Levertov, in which she gives an account of her development as a poet, for the origin of the phrase. As you might deduce, Peterson now uses it as a way to encapsulate his vocational unfolding as a pastor.
Every step an arrival.
Every step.
An arrival.
Reaching Every Student?
In your mind, picture the average student involved in your ministry. What do they enjoy doing on the weekends? What is their […]
We Are Working On It: Campus Ministry and Transitioning Toward Multi-Ethnic Christian Community
Last August, I was flying back from an urban-immersion week my school facilitates for some of our student leaders. On the flight, […]
Snubbing God
In a previous post I talked about why (most) students side with Rob Bell.
Near the end of that post I suggested that, if push came to shove, many students today would choose loyalty to their friends — over and above their loyalty to God.
The reason?
Because they cannot conceive of a God that would subject their non-believing friends to an eternity of pain, suffering and separation from God.
Many of today’s college students, much like Bell (and plenty of others), believe (or want to believe — or need to believe) that God will make a way for those people who do not confess Jesus as Lord during their time here on earth.
The World Didn’t End — Which Raises Some Good Questions
Well, it’s May 23, 2011. 2 days after the world was supposedly going to end — at least according to some people. […]
Why (Most) Students Side With Rob Bell
I don’t know how many college students have taken the time to pick up Bell’s Love Wins, let alone read it, over the course of a busy spring term… but this summer, if they do, I think we’ll find that many of them will more or less fall into agreement with much of what Bell has to say.
And it makes perfect sense, really.
We’ve become a global community — and few know this better than our students.
Are Students “Wasting” Their Formative College Years?
I realize it’s kind of a gruff question to start with… but it’s a very real question for me… and it’s the […]