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5 reasons to go on a short term trip

I have read a few  posts over the years on the “downside” of short term teams. Sure there are some things you need to consider when you go on a trip. So I thought why not do a quick list on why short-term teams can be good? Here you go! If the church has a [...]

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The Pressure Cooker

Recently we moved from one apartment to another in our city. One of the teachers at my wife’s school brought by dinner one evening. It was a great treat and really helped out a lot in a time of need.  Her and her husband brought over homemade stew that was cooked in a pressure cooker. [...]

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A Reason Why

This week I am at the Velocity 2011 conference put on by ChurchPlanters.com.  We have been at this event the last four years. Here is why! I If had one  “do over” in my church planting ministry career it would be for the new churches that I have been a part of to become globally [...]

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A Letter Home

Recently we had Skybridge Community retreat.  Skybridge is a network for people who work regular jobs here in Europe but live out their lives with intentionality in the marketplace and city.  At the end of the retreat we took some time to talk about our churches back home. I proposed the idea that we each [...]

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For Team Leaders – Be thankful

The power of thankfulness. This morning as I sitting through a german sermon without translation I was trying to figure out a certain word that the preacher was using. Okay, to be honest I was trying to figure out many words that I could not quite get.  I get distracted quite easily and when I [...]

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Importance of one’s character in Partnerships

A couple of months ago I sent out a quick survey to some mission leaders in churches. I asked them basically what are some things that are important to them in regards to establishing partnerships on the field? We did a modified content analysis of this research and found some obvious common themes. I share [...]

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The Sending Church: Communication

Last week I was in Brussels, Belgium. In my last post I wrote about some of my favorites there and some really cool things going on there spiritually. I was able to spend quite a bit of time with Kyle Goen. You should check out his blog here. Kyle and his family are from LifePoint [...]

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