It’s 7:27 a.m. on the third Friday of my sophomore year. I sit down with my oatmeal, pack some scrambled eggs, and review for my quiz that’s in two hours. School’s in full swing and I find myself longing to be back in summer mode, when I […]
There’s a song we sing sometimes in Christian Students on Campus (CSOC) that calls meeting with other Christians “the greatest joy on earth.” To me, something about the combination of “greatest” with “on earth” immediately signals hyperbole—exciting and impressive, but untrue. I don’t often question whether products labeled the […]
You’re standing in the corner of a room filled with conversation and laughter. You see your friends clustered in the middle of the room, surrounded by more people. You see smiles, casual hair flips; you hear words about someone’s dog and someone else’s science class. You mumble something, then hold your breath. Nobody seems to notice. You say it again, louder […]
This is part of an on-going series called Our Stories. You can find more testimonies on how God changed college students’ lives through Christian Students on Campus on the Our Stories page.
I really did not know […]
The 2013 summer orientation has started at the University of Texas at Austin. About 1,200 incoming freshmen will swarm across campus during each of the six orientation sessions. There’s a lot going on and Christian […]
