The Campus Ministry Boom

In his senior year of high school, Chris faced a spiritual crisis. He’d grabbed his brass ring: an invitation to play football at Harvard. It was “the biggest high in my life,” he says. But then the high ended, and he was left feeling empty. “I had put so much reliance on it to give me motivation and hope,” he says. “Like, if I just have this, then I would be happy. It didn’t make me happy.” Chris realized during that difficult senior year that the treadmill of success might be leading him nowhere: “What am I going to set my eyes on next to give me drive and hope? And what if I achieve it?” He began to seek role models and inspiration. He encountered figures like Jordan Peterson, who opened him to the possibility of Christian faith, something that had been a mere background in his childhood. Read Full Article »