Summer School: Using your summer to learn from leaders

Leaders are Learners.  So whenever you have access to great Leaders, take advantage of it by grabbing time with them and taking copious notes. Cru staff: this summer you will be surrounded by staff who are experts on reaching athletes, Hispanic students, International students, Greeks, Faculty, and Asian students. You will be around professionals who specialize in launching new campuses, reaching cities, multiplying discipleship, support raising, using social media for ministry, and building huge movements of college students. The only … Read More

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What Is God’s Will for My Life?

What Is God’s Will for My Life?

It’s quite possibly the most commonly asked question in Christianity today: What is God’s will for my life? We have questions and face decisions all the time, and we find ourselves constantly wondering about God’s will in them. Some decisions are small and seem less significant. What book should I read this month? Do we want Mexican? Chinese? Burgers? Italian? Other questions involve large, life-altering decisions. Should I date? If so, whom should I date? Should I go to college? … Read More

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Poor Language Could Be Costing Us Laborers

Poor Language Could Be Costing Us Laborers

Have you ever caught yourself on staff saying any of the following? “I can’t go with y’all; I don’t have any money right now.” “Does someone want to give me a ticket to this game? Because I’m broke, but I really want to go.” “I hope a ministry partner will donate a car to me because mine is falling apart, and I  don’t have the money to buy a new one.” “I’d rather just eat Raman noodles and peanut butter … Read More

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Lamb Tongues

Lamb Tongues

I push the grocery cart fast. Breezing through the aisles. Places to go, errands to run, lots of this and that on my mind. And out of the corner of my eye I see the yellow tray. It doesn’t register until after I push past the glass case. I’m brought to a complete stop. And then I back up my cart and peer in. A yellow tray holding rows of purplish, pinkish somethings. I read the sign, part Arabic, part … Read More

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