We need a redeemed and transformed ecclesiology.
Ecclesiology is simply a big seminary word for the way we think and talk about and practice this thing called Church.
It comes from the Greek word ekklesia, which means “a public gathering of people,” and is the word that gets translated “church” in the New Testament.
If you’ve been serving students for very long at all, then you know that the summer months can be a challenging season for many of our students.
Spiritually speaking, many will struggle to re-engage back in the community of faith they were apart of before they left for college… (which assumes, of course, that they had one to leave in the first place).
I was recently introduced to this great poem… and wanted to share it with you. I rarely read poetry (usually just […]
For many of us, the return to campus after the Easter holiday means that we are just a few short weeks […]
During a recent visit to our campus, Steve Garber engaged students in a series of dialogues designed to get them thinking about […]
How do you assess the effectiveness of your ministry? (If you just threw up a little in your mouth… you’re probably […]
We live in an age of distraction. It’s not just something we’re learning to “deal with,” but something we believe is […]
Our ministry with college students is shaped by a number of factors… In a post last week I suggested that one […]
One of the things I’m trying to be better about this year is the ongoing assessment of our ministry… I think […]
This is another post in my series of reflections on my two days with Eugene Peterson at Q Practices. Our focus was on Cultivating the […]