Valentine’s Day was approaching. Campus was in the grip of winter; its tree branches hung bare; the sky, as gray as gunmetal. University can be a lonely place, bereft of family, old friends, sweethearts. I was asked to come to chapel and speak on loneliness. Before I arrived, some students got the idea to reach […]
Debate Newsletter for April
Invitations usually come by phone. Follow-up, details, are by email. “Can you come? We’re sponsoring a debate on campus. The topic is homosexuality. Your opponent is gay, a churchgoer. The crowd will be about 500 or 600. Mostly non-Christians. The press will be there. And, oh, yes, you don’t mind being heckled, do you?” Without […]
Reaching Those Outside the Church
These are the beautiful people. No chubby, pimply-faced “C” students here. Duke University’s finest. The fraternity-sorority crowd. Perfect hair and teeth, exquisite figure, fashionable, gregarious, popular. For the past eight months I’d spoken on campus 6 or 8 times at Christian chapels. A few of the students from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapel approached […]
