10 Reasons to Send a Student to Christian College for a Year
I have met innumerable donors, volunteers, lifelong ministers, and other Christian leaders who have this in common: They attended a Christian college planning to stay only for a year, and the experience changed their lives for the better. Several of these individuals stuck to their original plan and switched to a secular university after a year, […]
4 Spiritual Pitfalls at the University
It was August of 2009. I was just days away from moving into a Missouri State University residence hall and beginning my college experience. I was a nervous wreck. I had grown up in a church environment that discipled me well. I was taught the Word of God accurately, I was given opportunities to serve […]
Lamenting and Learning from Rhett & Link’s Deconversion
Over the last few days, I’ve become engrossed in the YouTubers Rhett and Link’s spiritual deconstruction narratives. While I can’t claim to have been a fan of their channel, Good Mythical Morning, I’ve been well aware who they are and seen random videos shared online for many years. However, because of their ties to Campus […]
The Power of Reading the Bible with Brothers
Church leader and adjunct history professor Michael Patterson reflects back on his early years in college. It was there that God reached out and changed the trajectory of Michael’s life. See from these snapshots of disciple making how God can redirect lives through brothers in Christ. Usually in life, when we reach the point of […]
College Chaos: Beyond the Bad News (Part 2)
(For Part 1, click here.) As a minister, reading gloomy statistics and correlating them to my experience in the classroom made me ask myself a sincere question: “Are my beliefs, practices, and teachings in danger of becoming obsolete to the younger generations?” However, my interactions with college students have given me much reason for hope. […]
College Chaos: Beyond the Bad News (Part 1)
While serving in the full-time ministry for over twenty years, I have periodically taken on the role of a college professor as a way to stay relevant and understand the needs of the community. I have had the privilege of teaching World History at the prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, the only all-male historically […]
