I made the drive from Houston to Austin today, and spent half the time deliberating how to begin my final blog post here. Nothing seems to adequately capture the culmination of my four years, nor the bigness of the coming transition. I guess a direct approach works best: I am graduating from UT, and […]
I’ve spent much of my college career anticipating the years to come. The thing is I’m a dreamer, and I’d give an ironic right arm to be a professional dancer or on staff with “The New Yorker.” I’ve whittled away hours in the studio and hours with my fingers poised on the keys, hopeful […]
I am a college senior. Most days I forget until someone reminds me, and then my heart does a skittish Charleston atop my diaphragm.
Only seven months until the Uncharted Future is here.
And after three years of pursuing Christ with Christian Students […]
There’s this peculiar phrase that I pause and hover over every time I encounter it in the New Testament. It tugs at my attention because it translates as a variety of things: intimate, sometimes out-of-place, and a tad secretive, exuding a do-what-now vibe. After a bit of delving, I discovered that this Biblical […]
In the Best Spirit
Winter break has only been 5 weeks, but I drooped into hibernation for at least a chunk of it. Like a trout in a frozen stream, my spirit didn’t flow quite like usual and I […]
When I think of the word, occupied, I envision a war scene—blackened fields bristling with the spears of an enemy. The glint of burnished helmets weakens the knees, and things get hairy when the horn is blown and ten thousand lowlifes contribute a guttural hip-hip. They take a step with one […]
How it works: At the outset of each new school year, Christian Students on Campus breaks the seal on the New Testament and launches into a Bible reading schedule. We read one or two chapters daily for 180 […]
The past five Tuesdays, I spent my evenings in the UTC auditorium eating ice cream with completely new people. This event, Ice Cream Connect, is put on by Christian Students on Campus each week and […]
On September 22, Christian Students on Campus members from the UT club as well as from sister clubs joined for the Fall Feast 2012. The Meade family hosted the brothers and sisters for the evening, providing dinner and offering their spacious home and gorgeously landscaped backyard for festivities.
Thursday night’s ministry series commenced with fellowship via burritos and salsa. Each of us passed through the assembly line of name tag makers, burrito handlers and water distributors, and then moved in to share […]