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This week I will be with my good friend David Putman. David helps us out a lot at Upstream. He is beginning a new project called “Planting the Gospel”.  I look forward to learning more about that and helping him out as well. He asked me a question the other day that I am putting [...]

This past week I attended the Exponential Conference in Orlando. I stuck my head in the standing room only door to hear Rick Warren one morning give a devotional to this large gathering of church planters. I think I listened just at the right time for me.  It was the last day of the conference. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I did not do well in high school chemistry. I decided to give it another try in college and had the same results. I am not a chemist but I sure appreciate good chemistry. Chemistry: 1: a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of subst ances and with the transformations that they [...]

Recently I have been writing about teams. We cannot be Lone Rangers on the field. We need to work with people. As we explore partnerships we must look beyond ourselves and beyond our immediate team. We should also consider: National Partners Other Great Commission Christian organizations and networks People who work in the marketplace. For [...]

What are a few important characteristics for a person to have when working cross culturally? I think Vision must be near the top of the list. I know this is vintage but still true. You need to be able to see things that have not yet happened. I am not talking paranormal activity. I am [...]