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.
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?
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.