We live in a rock star culture.
No doubt about it.
And I happen to work at a school that’s known for attracting wanna be rock stars — because we routinely produce them.
But not all of those hopeful, incredibly talented and well-trained students get to see their dreams realized. In fact, it’s a small fraction that do.
And that can be hard,
Do you ever find yourself wondering: “how, exactly, did I end up here?” I know that I do. Sometimes the question arises […]
I am a pastor of college students on a university campus.
It’s what God has called me to be — and if you’re reading this — then you have likely experienced a similar call.
And as pastors within this specific context, we often see ourselves as participants in the stories of our students — maybe even shapers of their stories — in some small way.
But if you’re anything like me it can be all too easy, at times, to overlook the ways in which students (and the campus community at large) play a role in the unfolding of our own story.
Today I come offering another excerpt from Eugene Peterson’s memoir. I know that most of us love the work that we have […]
Do you remember when it was that you first realized God was calling you into ministry?
More specifically, do you remember when it was that God was calling you to be a pastor to college students?
My guess is that God started to plant that seed deep within us long before we ever realized it.
We likely experienced different things — events, conversations, moments of clarity or divine appointment — that seemed odd or out of place at the time… but were actually pointing us toward the very thing that we now find ourselves doing.