equipping messengers for God’s mission
The apostle Paul writes that God “has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5: 19-20, NIV) Perhaps you’re like me: I want to be Christ’s ambassador, but find it hard to start a conversation about Jesus without a little help. Continue reading
I loved helping at Cru’s Worship Arts Training weekend September 11-13! The Communication Team worked with Cru’s Artist Team to train 23 students in worship leading skills. The students came from several universities and included four entire worship bands.Continue reading
I love working on creative projects with creative people! I especially love knowing that our projects will help Cru win people to Christ, build them up in their faith, and send them out to reach others! I told you about two of those creative projects in my February newsletter... Continue reading
Imagine you are a Cru staff member working on a campus. You know that events like retreats and weekly meetings are incredibly effective tools for winning students to Christ, building them in their faith, and sending them out to win, build, and send others. And you also know that some of your students would really grow if they had the opportunity to plan, emcee, or lead worship for those events. But how will you equip them to do that?Continue reading
Ramen with a Side of College is a short book (which Keynote is currently editing) written by students for students. Content includes study tips, questions to help you get to know your roommate, ideas for living a healthy and balanced life, reflective exercises to inspire spiritual conversations, and, yes, recipes to make with ramen noodles. Continue reading
Late in 2011, my team filmed a series of short training videos to put on the web. Shortly afterward, our team’s video editor transferred to another Cru ministry. As a result, the project was set aside until there was another video editor available.Continue reading