The polarities of college ministry are often so extreme that it feels like we’ve gotta choose “one way” or “the other.”
Local church vs. parachurch
Discipleship vs. fellowship
Small group vs. large group
Singles vs. Marrieds.
Boundaries vs. freedom
Grace vs. truth
Drinking vs. no drinking
Date vs. wait
And the list goes on…
So many questions and opinions, and yet so seemingly few agreed upon
“answers.” So maybe—just maybe—our answers are somehow founded in our
questions? More specifically, maybe our answers are founded in
questioning what we really believe.
Do you believe God cares about your campus more than you do today?
Do you believe He’s the one who’s actually transforming lives?
Do you believe there is nothing you can do to enhance the process of your sanctification?
Do you believe God is enough?
Do you believe God?
No matter where you land, your “answers” here unveil what I believe as
the true questions. It’s no mystery that college ministry struggles to
find answers. So maybe we’d find it helpful to start staking more in
our questions (of belief, namely), than continuing to struggle for
“answers.” To truly see, I wonder if we might benefit from the unseen;
to truly know, I wonder if we must cooperate with fears of the unknown;
and to truly believe, I wonder if we’ve gotta start risking pride and
exposing unbelief?