Was it St. John Chrysostom who said that the church is a hospital for souls? Sanctification – growing to maturity – is a form of healing, is it not? Therefore, Christian discipleship is really a kind of therapy. This thought
Was it St. John Chrysostom who said that the church is a hospital for souls? Sanctification – growing to maturity – is a form of healing, is it not? Therefore, Christian discipleship is really a kind of therapy. This thought
I’ve been watching this phenomenon and participating in it myself for years, since I was a college student. It’s the infamous “quiet time,” our evangelical colloquialism for a much-needed and advocated-for spiritual discipline. It once was called “personal devotion” or
For some time I’ve noticed a perplexing quality of college student word use. Here are a couple of examples: “I have to miss class tomorrow and I was wondering if I could get the information that you’re going to cover.”
Working on a college campus puts one in the position of hearing lots of talk about diversity: racial diversity, national and ethnic diversity, cultural diversity, religious diversity, gender diversity. These are among the standard referents for folk in higher education.
The distinction between college ministry and youth ministry is based in part on the assumption that college students are young adults, living more or less on their own, and dealing with more adult-like challenges, while youth are still under the