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With the holidays approaching I thought I would put this up on my site. I wrote it several months ago and we posted it at www.theupstreamcollective.org. It is my hope if you read this and find it helpful that you will be able to show it to people in your church and remember your sent [...]

A few weeks ago I was able to go to a city for the first time. Saw some wonderful things. Met some outstanding people. I bought my Rick Steves book and he helped me out a lot. However, the best thing was talking to a person who lives there.  We had a ton of meetings [...]

I deal with a lot of partnerships regarding non-profits of various sorts from North America to other non-profits throughout the world. I see a lot of really cool partnerships. I see a ton of stuff being accomplished though these partnerships. I also see some partnerships that never quite make it. So I decided to make [...]

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 [...]

I recently asked the questions to quite a few cross cultural workers about what they look for in a partnership. Pretty good list. Here you go. Humility. Willingness to learn. Global minded. A helper. Missional thinkers. Self Starters. Follow Through. Being able to carry out what has been planned. An understanding  that a cup of [...]

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 [...]

In my last post I wrote about recognizing the strengths of your team members. I am talking mostly about teams in the context of missions but I think the same principles apply in other team settings. I have been a pastor leading a church staff and a missionary team leader. Similar dynamics. Very different contexts. [...]