Living the Dream
Once upon a time (starting in 2010 and running for a little over a year) Ben put in a lot of hours on a blog named “Assume The Best.”
It chronicled his life as a full-time staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ, attempting to make light of and encourage specifically around the process of raising financial support.
We had left staff at that point, and this writing is an interesting look into his process of grieving that loss, with an eye toward “becoming a writer.”
Here, in the order they were released, are those posts.
Yesterday Campus Crusade for Christ, the ministry I was on staff with for 8 years, announced a name change. They are now going to be called simply “Cru.”
I was on the front row of the doubters for Continue reading “How I Was Wrong About Campus Crusade’s Name Change”
I was listening to a popular preacher’s sermon (via slick android app). Here’s the line that stuck out to me:
People coming to Christ on your couch, transferring from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light–in your living room, is the reason God gave you a couch.
Well now, there was no reason to punch me in the metaphorical teeth, preacher man. Continue reading “God gave you a Couch.”
A friend on staff with Cru shared with me recently the frustration they are experiencing over people dropping support of the ministry as a result of the name change. (you can read my thoughts and public repentance of baditude regarding the name change by clicking here)
A handful of people have Continue reading “2 Things to Consider Before Dropping Support from a Cru Staff Member.”
There’s a revolution starting. An entire generation of folks who are going stand in the face of sensationalist journalism and a culture of panic one by one, family by family, neighborhood by neighborhood. Continue reading “Blog Series Announcement: Join the ATB revolution.”
Here’s the thing: All Liberals are not trying to take down our way of life. The guy who lives next door and has an Obama sticker is most likely a pretty nice guy. He just voted for a different guy than me.
I know I’m risking the entire operation here by starting with politics, but it was an easy target. What if, instead of Continue reading “A Cure for all of the Political Woes facing us: Casserole.”