The Convergence of Christ, Culture & the College Years
Being a pastor, echoing the words of Eugene Peterson, if you are called to it, is the best life there is. That doesn’t mean that being a pastor is easy. It is one of the toughest, most complex and demanding of vocations. Yet, talk to pastors on their best days and they cannot imagine [...]
The work we do, as pastors to college students, can often be incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. But it can also be draining. Physically. Emotionally. Even spiritually. And truthfully, we probably expect this — at least to some degree. In fact, I think we might find ourselves more than a little concerned if, at the [...]
I begin with a mea culpa. Often I have been labeled as one of those Type A personalities and only recently have I ‘fessed up to it. I wake up early each morning and I’m instantly alert, my mind whirring with thoughts and tasks for the day. I don’t have real hobbies, even though [...]
There’s an old saying that you can’t give away what you don’t have, and college pastors, I think, understand what this means better than many. A college professor can get a PhD and spend the next few decades reading from his notes, semester after semester. The notes may yellow, but the knowledge stays golden. That’s [...]
Most ministers don’t explode. You rarely read about a minister who “went postal” on their congregation. The thoughts do cross our mind, but we rarely follow through with those impulses. No, ministers don’t explode. More times than not, we implode. That is, the pressure on the outside of our lives becomes greater than the pressure [...]
One of the most important dimensions of self-care is self awareness…especially as it relates to the way we conceive our relationship with Jesus Christ. Luke’s account of Jesus’ visit to his hometown of Nazareth is instructive. It stands out in Scripture as one of the most striking events in Jesus’ life for a number [...]
I’ve just returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic where I found something that I had lost. I used to have it, but I gradually misplaced it, not recognizing that I had lost it for good. I got it about 10 years ago, about the time that I went to seminary. Several times [...]
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