Tiger and Turkey

Yesterday morning some of us from the campus ministry took a road trip to visit Clemson Church of Christ and their campus ministry, called Christian Student Fellowship. The congregation is smaller than Central, and we have been supporting the ministry there for a few years. The church building is just across the street from Clemson [...]

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Flag Football and Faith

Today we enjoyed a church-wide flag football game. For a while this morning, I thought the wind might complicate our playing, but it did not.

Here are a few lessons I learned from flag football this afternoon:

1. Athletic events can nurture intimate fellowship among Christians. In addition to talking and drinking water together, we also get [...]

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Transitions

In my last post, I mentioned that I was planning to speak at Spartanburg Methodist College Tuesday night. I did, and God blessed my time that evening with the SMC community. 62 students were in attendance, plus the chaplain and me. The students seemed to pay attention, and they responded with some good questions at [...]

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What Churches of Christ Believe

A few weeks ago, the chaplain at Spartanburg Methodist College invited me to speak on campus tonight about “what Churches of Christ believe.” I was excited about the opportunity, but the task was daunting in many ways. First, the topic covers enough information to take up several books, but I have only about half an [...]

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