I first published this for a national Chi Alpha Campus Ministry newsletter. I thought other leaders might want to have a look as well. ch
When I asked a popular RA on campus why she didn’t come to Chi Alpha, she confided, “The campus pastor is a nice guy but I can’t take one more [...]

I can’t remember the name of the class now – something like “Art And Our World 399.” I do remember the fighting.  It was 3 a.m. ish when it boiled over. Everyone was greasy, dog-tired, over-caffeinated and about to get an F on the biggest project of our academic lives.
The three grad students and two [...]

Remaining Faith and the Football Pot
I played Jr. High Football. I am not sure why. Maybe it was because I wanted to be as cool as my team captain brother Cary or as skilled as my play making brother Craig. I was neither. I was too clumsy to be a star like Craig and to [...]

The normally 14-hour drive from Spokane to Sacramento took us 16. We stopped a lot to see if she would potty. She couldn’t. We were both too nervous.
The Chevy I rented had plenty of room for her once the backseats were folded down. In spite of this she insisted on leaning her heavy body up [...]

Forgive my departure from campus ministry and family update into the political for a moment please. Christian author, liberal activist and pastor Brian Mclaren has written An Open Letter to Conservative Christians in the U.S., on Health Care that has me thinking.

He makes the point that Christians are called to civil and [...]