At USC one afternoon, Stephen met a freshman, Alejandro (middle in the pic). When they read through “Knowing God Personally” together, Alejandro prayed and committed his life to Christ. Alejandro began to meet with Stephen and two other guys for a men’s Bible study. They started with the life of Jesus in the book of […]
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In Destino, every generation of students includes those who will help take God’s Good News to the world. It’s like a giant relay race of passing on this privilege from one year to the next. This past summer we sent teams to three summer missions locations: Vail, Co., New York City, and the Mediterranean. Joaquin grew
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“It is just so hard to think positive things about myself and to believe that is really how God sees me.” That’s what Melody, a Destino staff woman, heard from a student in Miami. Melody was leading an exercise to help students evaluate their identity as individuals, including who has most influenced their lives, and how
What do you do when you really want to do something but don’t think you have enough staff or students to pull it off? That’s a GREAT time to partner with other organizations and churches in your area. That’s exactly what they did at Destino at Texas A&M recently. Students there wanted to host a worship night that
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My ethnic identity journey has been one of joy, tears, and trust. Joy in knowing that in the Lord’s good and perfect sovereignty He chose for me to be a person of Mexican descent. Tears as I enter into the painful parts of embracing my culture– from feeling “less Mexican” because I am not a
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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed ad self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.” Matthew 23:25-26 In my first and second
Pulling Up Roots, Pt. 3–Jesus calls our bluff. Read More »
In my last post I asked the question, “How do we live in light of the fact that Jesus wants to pull up the roots of sin in our lives, not just ‘trim the weeds’ and make us look externally good?” Our Destino community finished up last semester and started this new one talking about
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Imagine a sin. A sin you can’t give up. Maybe a habit you’ve tried to kick, or a pattern you’ve tried to break. You get new resolve every once-in-awhile to try to change, and you break free for a little while. Or maybe you make a New Year’s resolution, and you see decent success until
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