Students

"When dictators think of 22,000 students, they think of what you might do. When power is threatened, it is students who are feared. When power is threatened, dictators don't shut down the commercial districts; they close the schools. Students change the world. Students threaten what is because they have an anticipation of what might be and what should be. And from time to time, they have been relentless about pursuing it and the world changes." - Sarah Cohn, lawyer from the International Justice Mission (Urbana 2006)

With the new academic school year underway, I thought it'd be appropriate to start off a new blog talking about the student population, particularly college undergraduates. People continue to ask me why I remain in Ann Arbor and persist in doing college ministry. The only answer I can give is that God has placed a burden for me to stay and to invest in the future generations for the time-being.

The university has always been the perfect breeding ground for revolutionary thought. In an environment where the world's smartest people gather, new ideas are bound to be birthed. And it is during these formative years where students are shaped into the next generation of leaders who can change the world. This is the place where the future is limitless, where anything is possible. And what better place to invest in than at the campus of a major university.

God met me powerfully here at the University of Michigan and changed the trajectory of my life. And it is my desire that others experience the same life-change on this campus. That is why I've stayed for one more year. This is why I persist in doing college ministry. Students change the world.