The Michigan Christian Study Center has created a new kind of experience for students at the University of Michigan, one that blurs the line between a Christian college and a public university. The remarkable story of the Center is told vividly through the eyes of students in this brief video…

It’s been an exciting year of ministry at the Michigan Christian Study Center, and I’m pleased to share with you this 2024-25 Impact Report, which tells the story of our transformative work at the University of Michigan…

The Center too has much to celebrate this past semester as God has blessed us with a growing Christian influence on students, faculty, and the broader campus community. Below is a summary of activities over the last month of the semester…

Springtime in Michigan is notoriously unpredictable, with snow flurries following warm sunny days in quick succession.  Uncertainty also characterizes the higher education landscape as university leaders try to anticipate and respond to national events, and faculty wonder what all of this means for their research prospects.  Students, meanwhile, are gearing up for a three-week gauntlet of projects and exams before semester’s end.  Amid it all, the Michigan Christian Study Center provides a thriving learning community reflecting Christian love and hospitality at the University of Michigan during uncertain times…

One afternoon last week while working on my computer at the Center, I struck up a conversation with Thomas, a frequent student visitor.  We began by discussing sports, naturally, but soon the conversation turned to C.S. Lewis.  Thomas recently read Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce is next on his list.  The Center had hosted a Great Divorce discussion last year, so I went downstairs to our library and pulled out an extra copy and gave it to Thomas.  Then we conversed about Lewis’s deep reflections on time in The Great Divorce (which I  partially comprehend)…