In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3 We decided to reflect on Isaiah 61:1-4 this week. Me and the other leaders and students of the H2O Off-Campus … Continue reading
To all who mourn in a place of struggling with God, the Lord will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair Isaiah 61:3
The state of Ohio is nearing total shut-down in its fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. All universities, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools have been shut down. All restaurants, cafes, and bars have switched to carry-out and … Continue reading
In my current phase of life, it’s increasingly unusual to come across a situation that I’ve never experienced. It’s even more strange to come across a situation that no one else I know has ever experienced. But that’s exactly where … Continue reading
To H2O Staff, H2O Students, H2O City Members, and H2O Kids, We are living through strange times in Northeast Ohio. In all our years of life and ministry, we’ve never experienced something quite like this COVID-19 situation. The governor has … Continue reading
What’s a Christian supposed to do with a passage of Scripture like 1 Peter 4:12-13? I mean, I believe it’s the inspired Word of God and everything. But it just doesn’t feel very realistic. Dear friends, don’t be surprised at … Continue reading
How does a team start a new church from scratch? What does street-level missions look like? If we wanted to start a new H2O Church at, say, Youngstown State University (45 minutes east of Kent), where exactly would we start? … Continue reading
The H2O Network hosted its Manmaker conference in Bowling Green this weekend. We had about 350 young men, from 9 different universities, together for 24 hours. This year’s theme was learning to be A Man Like David. So we looked … Continue reading
Leadership Development is a significant part of our ministry with H2O Kent. We believe the university environment is ideally suited to seeing atheists become missionaries because there’s so much life transition, so much community, and so much raw potential among … Continue reading
Super Bowl Sunday is an unusual day for ministry. Sundays are usually busy days for church leaders. It’s pretty common that I’ll have some kind of meeting before our weekly worship gathering. The worship gathering itself takes up a couple … Continue reading