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This past week I was in Brussels. It was my first time in this city. Several things that I remember. They have a famous statue of a boy using the bathroom (see here) They have incredible chocolate. I personally like Leonidas. Good coffee shops. Believe it or not not many Starbucks in this town but [...]

From time to time I have some thoughts about leadership in a mission context. Most organizations these days have people organized around teams on the mission field. Many of the churches that we talk with and coach at www.theupstreamcollective.org are sending out church based teams to the mission field. The team leader plays a vital [...]

The last few days I have been in Namur and Brussels. I am hanging out with some really fun people who are planting churches in this area. I am so impressed with these people who are ministering cross culturally. They are learning the language. They are adapting to the culture. They are understanding their cultural [...]

I mentioned several weeks back that we are part of a church planting project in a nearby village. There are two aspects of our strategy so far that I really think are valuable that I wanted to share.  I mentioned the first in my previous post where I  wrote about iPOC. I pray I observe [...]

A few months back I was able to spend the afternoon with a guy who plays football overseas.  I think it is a pretty cool gig.  As I listened to the stories I was amazed at how God uses this man in playing football. He has opened doors to the gospel in very difficult places. [...]

A few weeks 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 and sustaining good partnerships on the field. We did a modified content analysis of this research and found some obvious common themes. [...]

We are working with a few friends here in our area to start a work in a near by village. We are in the very beginning phases of this project. I am excited about it because I just like to be a part of something new. smile. We are hopeful in our plans for next [...]