Posts Tagged "student life mission camps"

Taking a LAP: Making Wise Entertainment Choices

It’s no secret that it’s easy for a believer to get frustrated with the entertainment industry.  There are times that I simply want to pick up my television and chuck it right through the front window of my living room…

Managing the Transition from Kids to Youth

Being a fifth grader is a big thing. You are at the top of the Elementary school totem poll. When I spend time with another Children’s ministry, usually I can tell who the fifth graders are, especially the boys. They…

Scripture as Cornerstone

Our ministry is in the midst of planning a true Texas BBQ and guys night.  We are planning to roast a whole hog over an open fire (yes, that’s right, we will buy a whole hog and smell the sweet…

Dispatches from the First Year: Professor Experience

What’s the best way to learn things?  Well “best” is a subjective term that can mean all sorts of things.  For the sake of what I’m trying to communicate, let’s rephrase that question to read: What is the most effective way to…

A Christian Response to Death

At this point in my life, I have encountered death in my grandmother, great aunts, great uncles, and a cousin, who committed suicide.  Beginning this year, I had a great-uncle of mine (who was really a normal uncle to me)…

Serving with Student Life Mission Camp

Throughout the New Testament, there are many pictures of Jesus meeting needs.  He fed people who were hungry (not just with loaves and fish, but with the Bread of Life); He healed disease and cured illnesses; He comforted the afflicted;…