Tag: spiritual formation

Student Culture, Trends & Issues

The Demise of (College) Guys?

A former female student of mine recently shared this TED talk on Facebook with the comment, “this sucks!”

I agree.

I’m just becoming familiar with TED talks, so this video may have already “made the rounds,” but if you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to watch it (it’s under 5 minutes in length) and then share your thoughts about how we might better assist the guys on our campus.

The Campus Minister

The Messianic Virus

Is it just me, or does it often feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to do all of the things that we want (or need) to do?

As pastors we can find ourselves sought out for a variety of reasons.

And we can give ourselves to a lot of different ministry-related tasks and to-do’s.

Some of this happens for good reasons, some for the wrong reasons and some due to no decision of our own.

But I find myself wondering how frequently many of us get sidetracked, or even sidelined, by giving too much of our time and attention to the wrong things.

Blogathons, Spiritual Formation, Student Culture, Trends & Issues, The Campus Minister

Mentors and Friends: Why You Need to Be a Spiritual Matchmaker

Walking alone.

Far too many of our students are doing it these days…

I’m not talking about walking alone late at night (although too many are doing that as well), but I’m talking about their approach to life during their formative college years.

Sure, they have friends.

Well, kind of.

They’ve made acquaintances that are often based off of similar tastes in music, class schedules, fashion sense, hometown, housing arrangement, etc… and while some of these relationships have the potential to drift into deeper waters — most never will.

Academics & Vocation

When You’re Not the Star

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,