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The Upstream Collective is leading another of our Jet Set vision trips to Prague, Czech Republic, and Budapest, Hungary, April 12-20. This trip will feature Michael Frost, author of “Jesus the Fool” and “Exiles,” and co-author (with Alan Hirsch) of “The Shaping of Things to Come” and “reJesus.” We do several of these trips each [...]

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 have the opportunity to talk with quite a few of our Skybridge Community members. We are indeed a community in various stages of our journey here in Europe. • We are pastors looking at this as a viable way to send workers to the field. • We are marketplace workers looking for a job [...]

I must admit one of my favorite videos from our trip is this one. Why? This is one of the BIG reasons why I do what I do at Upstream Collective. If I had one “DO OVER” in my church planting time in the states during the 90s it would be that I did not [...]

I am often asked “what are our next steps in global missions as a church”? Before I give a quick easy as 1,2,3 answer (smile) take a look at this short video. One of the first things that needs to happen as a church is to figure out “to whom is God sending you?” This [...]

Taking some time this week to review my time in London and Paris for our Jet Set trip. We had an awesome trip. Very excited about how God is using this time together. As I took a look at the videos several things jumped out at me. I hope you will take a few minutes [...]

We do a lot of things on these trips. Our days and evenings are quite intense. We keep on the go a lot. We log in a lot of miles each day on foot and in the subway. We also try to go to fun places in the city. We also spend a portion of [...]