Throughout this book you will read stories from both themonastic tradition of the church, from which most of the disciplineshighlighted here come, and from contemporary collegiateministries, where these practices are being carriedout today. After extensive interviews with colleagues whowork as chaplains and campus ministers, I found myself withfar too many stories for just one book. If what you read hereinspires you, or if you wonder why I didn't include the spiritualdisciplines that have given life to your collegiate ministry,I encourage you to write me-I'd love to get to know youand your ministry. Who knows? Perhaps another book willbe in order down the road. For now, I had to limit myself tothe eight most compelling examples of how classical spiritualdisciplines are being used in collegiate ministry, framed by the stories of those who have practiced them in real life. Ihope that you find these stories compelling and illuminating.

Throughout this book you will read stories from both themonastic tradition of the church, from which most of the disciplineshighlighted here come, and from contemporary collegiateministries, where these practices are being carriedout today. After extensive interviews with colleagues whowork as chaplains and campus ministers, I found myself withfar too many stories for just one book. If what you read hereinspires you, or if you wonder why I didn't include the spiritualdisciplines that have given life to your collegiate ministry,I encourage you to write me-I'd love to get to know youand your ministry. Who knows? Perhaps another book willbe in order down the road. For now, I had to limit myself tothe eight most compelling examples of how classical spiritualdisciplines are being used in collegiate ministry, framed by the stories of those who have practiced them in real life. Ihope that you find these stories compelling and illuminating.