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I am heading to Japan in a few days. I am quite excited about this trip. In fact it is the first international trip for me in a year outside my time in Canada last Fall. I normally wait til the day before to pack but for some reason I decided to start putting things [...]

A couple of weeks ago Becky from Asia wrote an excellent post about the church and how to remember those whom it sent. One thing that I hear too often are marketplace workers from North America who live and work abroad but their home church does not see this as an mission endeavor. They believe [...]

  At Upstream we are often asked by churches to help them think through how they can be more globally involved. With a large number of churches moving into urban centers, a common concern we hear is that there are glaring needs in their community. They want to know how they can invest even more [...]

This past weekend I was at Veritas church in Columbus, OH speaking at their Act Like Men conference. I’ve known Nick Nye, the pastor, for the past few years. In fact he came with us on one of our Jet Set trips to London and Paris. Veritas is a young church and I’m writing about [...]

Today’s post on someone working in the European marketplace is a continuation from a few days ago. You can catch up on the first part of Amber’s storyhere. Once I felt God leading me to pursue a teaching job, I learned I needed a masters in education in order to qualify for the job and [...]

Last week www.skybridgecommunity.net had their annual retreat in Madrid. Due to the fact we are living out of Europe this year I was unable to attend. But I heard they had a great event.I know from years past and hearing the comments from this year that it is an awesome thing when marketplace workers who [...]

Recently I was having a conversation with a Skybridge Community member (www.skybridgecommunity.net) who served effectively with a mission organization in Europe. This person transitioned from being a full time Christian ministry worker to a marketplace worker. Here is what they said that really stuck with me. “I  am part of Skybridge because I  am completely [...]