From time to time I want to highlight some friends of mine and their ministries. I do this because I really think a lot of what they have going on and how the Lord is using them. Some of my great friends are the guys at MountainLake Church and Churchplanters.com. I try to go to [...]
November 30, 2009
Conferences, Upstream
This week I made a visit via train to Erfurt, Germany. It is located in former East Germany. I must say I did not have a lot of expectations before arriving in Erfurt but was pleasantly surprised. You may know that Erfurt was where Martin Luther went to university and then to the monastery. He [...]
November 27, 2009
germany, Partnerships
One of my favorite John Hughes movies is Planes, Trains and Automobiles. We watch it most Thanksgivings. Since it is that time of year I thought I would write a post on my favorite mode of transportation in Europe. I know this is a really deep subject matter but I am writing this while I [...]
November 24, 2009
Partnerships, Travel
Paris. Athens. Budapest. Frankfurt. Rome. Madrid. Vienna. Stockholm. Basel. The urban centers of Europe are the new frontier of missions. Stockbroker. Artist. Lawyer. Electrician. Professor. Programmer. And these are its missionaries. While Europe doesn’t often spring to Americans’ minds when they hear the word “missions,” the spiritual need in the region is overwhelming. Less than [...]
November 23, 2009
Business as Mission, Skybridge
On my last post I talked about three of my friends here in Europe that really teach me a lot by just hanging around them. I hope you can learn from them as well as I tell a little more about the way they live their life. They are spiritual conversationalists – They get into [...]
November 20, 2009
Missional Living
I am thinking of three friends here in Europe who really exemplify what it means to live missionally in a cross culture setting. My next couple of posts will be devoted to these guys. Now if you know who I am talking about you are not allowed to blurt out their names. I cannot name [...]
November 18, 2009
Missional Living
This weekend we had some dear supporters come in for a visit for the weekend. It was such a refreshment and encouragement for us to have them around for a few days and to show them our life here. Plus we got to see a pretty cool castle in the middle of a rain storm. [...]
November 16, 2009
Cultural Adaptation, europe