Author Archives: theslamers

Tuesday, Becky, the kids, and I, all headed up to Santa Barbara for the day.  The Cru staff team there invited us up to lead a development time for them.  You can read more about what we did that day … Continue reading →

This our my favorite time of year in college campus ministry!  All over the Pacific Southwest millions of college students are stepping onto campus, many for the first time.  And it’s our opportunity to put Jesus and a community of … Continue reading →

A few picks from the Club Fair on campus at UC Irvine on Monday.  Thousands of new students flood Aldrich Park in the middle of campus!  They’re perusing all of the clubs and organizations available to plug into at UCI. … Continue reading →

As you can see in the picture below, 75 different stories  unfolded and grew this summer (not including the staff team!) on the Santa Monica Summer Mission.  It was a privilege and a blessing to lead this summer mission.  Here … Continue reading →

Last week we closed out SaMoSuMi15. It was quite a ride and challenging at times. Yet, as 73 students worshipped & loved on each other Thursday night and embraced each other as they moved out of the Palm motel on … Continue reading →

It’s an amazing joy to be on Cru staff now, alongside the man who taught me so much about my faith when I was a college student.  Brent Larson was my first ever Bible study leader and discipler at Cal … Continue reading →

One of the greatest joys of staff conference is seeing friends from all over! We didn’t get pics with everyone we got time with but had to give a shoutout to these three that all happen to live in Orlando! … Continue reading →

This is just a sampling of the incredible men and women of God we had the privilege to be exhorted and challenged by at our national staff conference in Colorado…Francis Chan, Milton Massie, Ney Bailey, James White, Dennis Rainey, Steve … Continue reading →

With thousands of other Cru staff on Day 4 of sessions of our National Staff Conference…lots to process. I so appreciate our leadership and how they are leading us in our continuing commitment to share the gospel, to move toward … Continue reading →