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College Never Ends (Or Shouldn't)

August 20, 2010, 4:38 pm » Brett McCracken

One of the things I love most about working at Biola University (a Christian university in Southern California) is that every day feels like I’m back in college myself. It’s an environment overflowing with ideas and discussions and lectures and interesting people. And my job requires me to interact and intellectually engage with professors and students on a regular basis. I absolutely love it.

Today, 1,300 new students arrive at Biola. The campus is buzzing with nervous freshman and weepy parents, carrying IKEA chairs into dorm rooms and making shopping lists for Target. It reminds me of the day 9 years ago when my own parents helped me move in to Traber dorm at Wheaton College, when my dad said goodbye to me in my dorm room while mom stayed behind in the car (she was too emotional to venture into the dorm to bid me farewell).

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The Talk that convinced me to do Give A Damn? by Francis Chan

May 4, 2010, 4:15 pm » Give A Damn

At my university (Biola), we were supposed to go to 30 chapels or so a semester. If you missed one, you would have to do make-up's by getting a CD filled with talks by speakers who had visited the campus within the last few months. Many people do not really listen to the talks, and just skim through them to fill out the necessary paperwork. I am not innocent of this, but thankfully with this talk, I really listened intently and, in the end, my life was forever changed.

Francis Chan addresses the issue of faith and how we let our lives remain in a stalemate waiting for God to give us some kind of vision of what to do next. I love what Mr. Chan shares about his own journey as a head pastor of a massive church and his challenge to just step out and do something. I took him at his word and its been a wild ride since.

-dan

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Is "Missional" the New "Emerging"?

April 15, 2009, 12:21 pm » Brett McCracken

The late ’90s had “postmodern.” The first part of the 21st century introduced us to “emerging.” But over the last few years, there has been no bigger buzzword in Christianity than “missional.” It’s a word that has exploded into the popular vernacular of preachers, theologians and seminary professors. It has graced the covers of almost every major Christian publication. It has spawned books, seminars, conferences and endless blog debates. A growing number of congregations now describe themselves as “missional churches.” And proponents of the idea believe you and your church would do well to do the same. But what does it mean?

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College Never Ends (Or Shouldn't)

The Talk that convinced me to do Give A Damn? by Francis Chan

Is "Missional" the New "Emerging"?

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