My Personal Jesus Revolution
February 1969 was just like any February in my life up to now, at least that is what I thought. I was a freshman in high school and I found myself on a Young Life retreat at a Salvation Army Youth camp in southern Ohio. I had been attending Young Life, a Christian youth outreach that met weekly, since school started in September 1968. Also, I went every Thursday morning to Teen Breakfast Club, a youth outreach ministry of College Hill Presbyterian Church.
Chapter One: They Call Me HoJo
“Hey, HoJo, you awake up there? Everyone keeps asking about you, and I could use some help!” I awoke with a jolt, “Where am I?" Then I realize I am home in my bed, but why does everything smell like smoke? “Fire!” I tumbled out of bed only to realize that I was smelling myself! I got called out to a fire last night, and when I came home, I never changed out of my clothes. I must have just crawled into bed in my clothes.
HoJo - Waiting on God
HoJo - Waiting on God is about a man named Howard Johnson (AKA HoJo) who dreamed as a youth of becoming a well-known restaurant entrepreneur. However, he ended up being a Bible Teacher for over thirty years at an international Christian school in Penang Malaysia. One day he was called to the school office to hear that his father was ill and dying. His mom cried out “Come Home HoJo.”
Student-Led Prayer and Worship on College Campuses
Do students have the right on college and university campuses to assemble to pray and worship? In light of the tremendous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Asbury University’s campus and now on over twenty other campuses around the world both secular and Christian, the question arises, should every college or university allow student assembly for student-led worship and prayer?
Maybe it is Time to Descend Mount Asbury
February 18th was Transfiguration Sunday. Matthew, in chapter 17 verses 1 through 13 tells the story of Jesus on a mountaintop being transfigured. Transfigured means transforming into something more beautiful or elevated. Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up to a high mountain to be by themselves.