Urban

Jenny and I have been in Memphis for just under one week. It’s been a week of emotional stress, heat-stroke (not really, but close), and a waterfall of information. Thursday night was the Memphis Teacher Residency kickoff dinner. Though I am not part of the program myself, as a future spouse of a member, I …

It’s been awhile, but I am overdue for a life update, and it’s a big one… Wow. Approximately 57 months ago I was packing up to move to Cedarville University. I had visited the school a few times with the church youth group and decided to attend really on the basis of it being a …

An open plea to the Christian University student: That was the question that at least 40% of my professors asked in class this week. Do I mind that peers head South for Spring Break? No. Do I want to go? Considering my distaste for hot climates, not really. But is there no place for the …

Discipleship happens best life-on-life. ~Brian Dye Well, as my previous post explained, I had another awesome “escape-the-bubble” experience this past weekend. I love Cedarville and greatly appreciate the last five years of my life, but the common “bubble” culture of campus can be restricting and blinding, and for that reason I jump at any purposeful …

I leave tomorrow with 13 other students and Dr. Cook to take a whirlwind survey tour of what effective urban ministry looks like in Chicago as a part of the Advanced Urban Ministry course. Please pray that God would grant us with deeper understanding, spiritual growth, and greater compassion. More to come when I get …

I have been striving hard to make time to reflect on the Bus Tour last weekend in writing. Missing 4.5 days of work to participate in the experience, though, has set me back. I was asked a few questions for a campus publication, though, and it will only take two seconds to share these initial …

Dear Friends and Family, God is so good. I wrapped up my second-to-last semester as an engineering student yesterday, and it is wonderful to know that I am almost done with this stage of my life. I love Cedarville, the friends I have made, and the ways in which I have grown, but I am …

The end of the best course offered at Cedarville… The beginning of a journey… -I- I had a dream. And I saw a city, A city that rose up out of the crust of the earth. And it’s streets were paved with asphalt, And a river of dirty water ran down along it’s curbs. It …