College Atmosphere
Today my mobile office was the food court in the Northern Kentucky University Student Center. I was meeting some friends there and as I have several times I decided to make a day out of working at the school. They blast free wifi all over campus, newly added this year, which is cool and the atmosphere is unbelievable. There are tons of little niches and corners to settle into, but more than that I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the college campus.
The college atmosphere is unlike any other. It is always exciting and never seems to lose its appeal. People are always off to do something cool or try something new, and it really is a collaborative common community that I find fascinating; even on a campus of 15,000 students.
As I often do, I wondered how the church could re-create this exciting and contagious atmosphere where people are mystically connected by a common thread. A place where people just seem to want to congregate and where it’s okay to just be, even when you don’t have anything specific to do.
We need to make the church this kind of place in order to reach the generation that is slipping away. Any ideas?
