One of my favorite parts of the Keynote Summer Project is coaching students in communication skills and watching them grow as a result. As we ask them to do something many consider scary—speaking in front of a group of people—God uses it to help them grow not only in their speaking abilities but in their poise, their confidence, and even in their faith.
Continue reading
Year: 2010
Peace in Affliction
Over the past couple of years I’ve experienced a lot of change and loss. I switched departments and job responsibilities twice, several close friends have moved out-of-state, an older friend...Continue reading
The Students Are Coming, The Students Are Coming!
They're coming this Monday, June 7, to be precise! The office is bustling with final preparations for the annual Keynote Summer Project! This is one of the major training ministries of my department, the Keynote Creative Communications Group, so I've been up to my ears in work. But it's worth the effort, because God always works in powerful ways in the lives of the students and those they minister to.
Continue reading
The Vision That Launched Modern Missions
218 years ago today, on May 12, 1792, one of the most significant Christian books in the English-speaking world was published. It was titled An Enquiry Into the Obligations of...
Brazil Trip Scrapbook
Training highlights, a "God story," and lots of photos!
Continue reading
The Crown of All Our Hopes
My last new post was nearly a year ago at Easter, so it seems fitting to start posting again on Easter. It also seems fitting to restart this blog with...Continue reading
A Personal Note
For some reason the service I use to email out the posts from this blog sent out an old post yesterday. Since God is sovereign over technology, I’ll trust that...Continue reading
Brazil Bound!
It's official! In less than two weeks I will be training three new staff members for Brazil Music + Mission in Rio de Janeiro. My teammate Julie Sanders and I will leave the evening of March 20 and return the morning of March 29.
Continue reading
Brazil Update
It looks like my trip to train new Campus Crusade for Christ music staff in Brazil will be in March. My Keynote Creative Communications Group (KCCG) teammate Julie Sanders will come along to help me equip them to do the same kind of communication coaching that we do.
Continue reading
KCCG Training at the University of Kentucky
It's probably safe to say that weekly meetings are the most consistent public face-time any Campus Crusade movement has on a campus. But a lot of students sit on pins and needles every week just waiting for that week's blunder.
Continue reading