Do College Students Walk Away From Their Faith Because of The Gospel They’ve Been Preached?
Scot McKnight has a new book coming out… and he’s anticipating that it might not be well-received by all. The […]
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Social Justice and the Church as 3rd Way
Last night a group of students gathered again to hear Dr. Scot McKnight share; this time on the topic of social justice. […]
Wars, Rumors of War, Hell & College Students
With the 10-year anniversary commemorating that attacks of September 11, 2001 fast approaching, how will you talk with students about it? […]
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 […]
Avoiding the Epic #FAIL in Ministry
Failure.
It’s probably one of the things we fear the most as ministry leaders.
But from where I stand, I think there are few things that would constitute true failure in ministry…
The abuse of leadership — most certainly.
Not tending to our own spiritual needs, and letting our cup run dry, such that we render ourselves ineffective would be another.
But I think much of what we do, and are called to be about, will include little failures here and there.
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.
Why ‘Less is More’ on Your Calendar this Month
The beginning of the school year is often one of the busiest times in the life of college ministers. Every moment […]
Recovering From Welcome Week
I don’t know about you, but after the past couple of weeks I’m about done — yet today is the first day […]
The Invisible Pastor
Do people ever ask you about what you do? And you can tell from the way they ask the question, or […]
It’s Important to Remember That Move-In Day is NOT About YOU
Most campuses I know of seem to have some sort of formal programming and process for welcoming students to campus, helping them to get moved in, and then oriented to their new community, before classes begin.
Most of us went through this process as a first-year student… once upon a time… and it may be that we have forgotten some of the emotions and overwhelming feelings of disorientation that often accompany this time of transition.
And on move-in day specifically, new students and parents are about one thing and one thing only — getting into (and then settled in) their dorm room.
So let me encourage us — each and every one of us — to be about that one thing as well.