I’ve been in reflection mode after spending parts of the past three weeks in Panama City Beach, Fla. helping with Beach Reach 2014 (check out the Facebook page HERE). If you're not familiar with Beach Reach, here's a quick run down of what happens. College students from campus ministries and churches all over the country come to Panama City Beach (one of the hot spot destinations for college spring breakers) to provide free van rides, serve lots of pancakes every day, and genuinely share with the thousands of spring breakers that … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Make Spring Break Meaningful
Relax. Breathe. You're almost there. Spring Break is just around the corner. No classes, homework, or pulling all-nighters. But what will you do with your extra time? Here are a few ideas with purpose: Prepare. Let's be honest. Once you're back home, you'll put off studying until the last second, which equals stress. So, if you've got midterms after the break, try to study for them before you go away. Invest. Spend quality time with close friends and family from home. If you're not going home, mission trips or community … [Read more...]
Asking Better Questions: Young Adults and Depression
March 1st is Self-injury Awareness Day (SIAD), to be honest. Two Write Love On Her Arms is at the forefront of offering hope and help in the arena of depression and self harm. Founder Jamie Tworkowski recently spoke at TEDxMalibu on the subject of depression and young adults. He shared a few facts: 20 million struggle with depression. Untreated depression is the leading cause of suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death. Two out of three who struggle with depression don't seek help or treatment for … [Read more...]
Intentionality is Not By Accident
Recently I sat at dinner with four other collegiate ministers and realized that there was over 100 years of combined ministry with college students and young adults represented around the table. Over 100 years of conversations about relationships. Over 100 years of mission trips and serving together. Over 100 years of investing in college students for future leadership in the church. As collegiate and young adult ministers we have a unique seat in the lives of young adults. Often times they come to our … [Read more...]
Sun, Sand, Syrup and Spring Break Options
While most college students can't wait to toss their cares aside and dive into a week of relaxation, some will instead give their time off to minister to their peers at BeachReach in Panama City Beach, Fla. WHAT IS BEACH REACH? In one word, BeachReach is about Jesus. It’s about showing His love and sharing His gospel with thousands of college Spring Breakers who arrive at the beach with one purpose: to party. BeachReachers get to minister to Spring Breakers in a non-threatening yet urgent manner. Here are six reasons to … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Stop Traffick
by Heather Ebert More than 20 million men, women, and children around the world currently suffer the brutality of forced labor and sexual exploitation — the violent injustice of human trafficking. God commands His people to seek justice for the oppressed, and thousands of young adults are answering that call. So if you’re wondering, Can I help?, the answer is yes. Several organizations are leading in the charge against human trafficking. To learn how you can play a greater part, here are five places to start. 1. END IT … [Read more...]
New Semester, New Perspective
As a former business professor, l'll let you in on a little secret: Professors get just as excited about the start of a new semester as you do. Sure, there's always a grumpy teacher in the mix, but the majority of us have big plans for the upcoming year. We have new teaching techniques to try. We've written new material. And we have many new students to meet. We, too, even buy new school supplies and dream big. So, how can we teachers and students alike prepare ourselves for what God has in store for us in the upcoming school year? … [Read more...]
One Student Can Start a Movement
Most of the students in the small province would choose to attend any other university in the country. Their local university, located on a Southeast Asian island, is neither prestigious nor acclaimed. However, it holds the potential to be the starting point of a Gospel movement to sweep across the entire province and, ultimately, the entire island. While this university might sound like an unlikely place to begin such a movement, many of the students, who come from faraway villages or neighboring provinces, return to their homes … [Read more...]
A Peek at Collegiate Week
Collegiate Week 2013 is about to begin! In a few short days (Aug. 4th), approximately 2,000 college students will travel to Glorieta, NM for a week filled with amazing teaching, impactful worship, relevant breakouts, and LOTS of late-night Collegiate Week fun. We're grateful to have David Nasser, Eric Geiger, and Charlie Hall leading us this year. Other highlights will include an 80's party, GloRun and GloBal Bazaar, and a movie on the lawn … all while getting to know many other college students and leaders who are also passionately … [Read more...]
5 Tips for College Grads
It's graduation season, when bright young students must endure one final, mind-numbing lecture before collecting their degrees: the commencement address. This speech seldom contains advice you can actually use. The speaker often receives a generous check for his or her remarks, but dares not utter anything that might offend someone for fear of being protested, "disinvited" or blacklisted from future graduation ceremonies. Not being a celebrity, a politician or a rich donor, I have little chance of ever being invited to deliver a … [Read more...]
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