http://www.challengemsc.com Home of Christian Challenge @ Mesa State College Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never really liked King David. To me, he was the biggest sissy-la la in the Bible. I could imagine David lying around the royal palace playing his harp and doing things that sissy-la las would do. This was before I read any of his military records ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/11/02/a-vow-of-integrity/ Here's what's going on! It's sticky and will remain at the top of this page until otherwise noted!</body> </html></HTML> http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/10/26/the-calendar/ My last entry on this site was back on the first day of fall semester! What has happened transpired in our country since then: Rockies make the playoffs, White House vs. Fox News, Balloon Boy, and Zombieland just to name a few. I will do better! A Compassion Check-Up In ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/10/26/hello-again/ One of the amazing things of writing on a blog and being a campus minister is that every once in a while, I get the privilege and honor of being able to read certain bits of literature before most of the general population.  And so, I recieved a copy of ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/09/08/what-i-thought-about-max-lucados-fearless/ As I sat trying to quell the playful bickering between a couple of my students yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk with one young man who wanted to know exactly what we do.  "Why is college ministry different than my high school youth group?" He asked.  I tried to ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/08/18/what-exactly-is-college-ministry/  Fall 2009 semester is about to kick off!  I hope everyone had a great summer!  Christian Challenge has some great opportunities this semester to get to know each other and to seek the Lord.  My name is Garrett and I will try to keep this site up to date as much as I ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2009/08/15/game-time/ (Ok, so I'm just posting another blog's post again.  I feel bad, but not too bad.  There are hundreds of thousands of people out there who are better writers than I am, and in my desire to give you the best to read that I can, I felt that if ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2008/09/05/why-we-cant-end-poverty/ (This is a guest article contributed by Remy Currier, a student with us at ChallengeMSC, that was originally published on theooze.com.  Please, check out the original article HERE, and take a look at some of the comments left by readers there.) Last year, my college had a big end-of-the-year party with a ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2008/09/02/gas-mask-guy-by-remy/ Wikipedia describes a pocket knife as this - "A pocket knife is a folding knife with a blade that fits inside the handle and that is small enough to fit in a pocket. Blades are typically no larger than 3 to 5 in. (8 to 13 cm) in length. Pocket ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2008/09/01/manday-15-reasons-why-you-need-to-carry-a-pocket-knife/ From Strong's Concordance: "Compassion - σπλαγχνίζομαι; splagchnizomai - Pronounciation= splänkh-nē'-zo-mī - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)"It made me laugh to learn that in biblical times, compassion was most closely ... http://www.challengemsc.com/2008/08/29/compassion/