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A few months ago I was doing some training at a conference for new cross cultural workers here in Europe. One of the presenters was Jennie Hatchel who works on a team focusing on the Roma people group. You should check out the cool stuff they do here. She did a presentation entitled “The Second [...]

I had a vision the other day that I want to tell you about. I have been spending some time with Michael Hyatt on his blog about how to create a  Life plan. He writes about how we need to write out what we see as our preferred future in several key areas of our [...]

As you may know we live in Germany. We have grown to love this place. Our life here is different than the life we had in Spain. My wife teaches in a high school. I travel a lot it seems with my work but I am able to have have some incredible opportunities to pour [...]

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 [...]

If you are reading this and you are a pastor or worship leader then I want to ask your forgiveness on the front end. Seriously. I am not a pastor nor a worship leader though I have been a pastor before. I have never tried this nor even thought of it til now. I know [...]

I recently spent some time talking with Sarah Perkins who is a Language and Culture Resource Specialist for IMB, Europe. Thanks Sarah for your work on this and for passing it along for others to use. Here are some of her ideas and some great links. This can be helpful for new workers coming to [...]

Here are some ideas about a few ways your church can get started learning a foreign language. Grammar and vocabulary are important. I love being able to say this. I hear this all of the time from my German teacher. First up… If you have an extra room in your church why not set up [...]