I’m Preparing to Power Down
Although I’ve not been too terribly active on social media this summer, I’m preparing to power down for a few weeks. Maybe […]
Tag: Jesus
As the Quiet(er) Months of Summer Begin
As the quieter months of the summer begin, how will you utilize the time and space that you have? More specifically, and […]
Possibly the BIGGEST Challenge of Our Work
Doing the work that we do — mentoring students within a wide-variety of contexts — comes with a whole slew of challenges. […]
(I’m Learning to) Never Say Never
Eight years ago, when I first started at BU, we had no chapel service. And the required convocation program that we had, […]
Hey! Remember to Smile
It seems both simple and obvious, but while you’re out and about on campus — remember to smile. As I’ve walked around […]
How These Tools Could Save Your Ministry This Year
By my own confession, I’ve never been much of a handy-man. If given the choice, I’d much rather pay someone to fix […]
How Do You Help Students Fight Their Sin?
“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you…” – 1 Corinthians 15:1 How do you help college […]
Maids and Margaritas and Sex on Warm Sand
What would it look like to be content in our waiting and with our sexuality, as both singles and marrieds, not because we’re perfect at waiting for sex or we’re perfectly sexual but because we’re content in our humanity, in our femininity and masculinity, in our longing for union with the trinity?
Sacrifice That Means Something
Sacrifice is not something we talk about much in our society.
It seems to fly in the face of everything our North American culture tells us we should be about.
Lookout out for #1.
Indulge yourself.
Take what you want.
Don’t hold back.
The world is yours.
You deserve it.
Overcoming the Curse of Our Age
It’s a new year, which means that a new season of ministry with students is upon us.
And as we’ve launched into 2013, I’ve generated a new reading list, and decided to start the year by re-reading a couple of classics.
One of my first re-reads of the year is Richard Foster’s, Celebration of Discipline.
I couldn’t venture a guess as to the number of times that I’ve worked through this book. The first time I read it I was in grad. school — and it changed my life! Since then I’ve re-read it several times on my own, and led numerous groups through it as a way of learning to work on the interior life.