I do a lot of traveling. I mean more than most but not quite as much as George Clooney in the Hollywood film “Up In The Air”. I am constantly in conversations with people who are doing business all over the world. They fly about from country to country. They work for multi national companies. [...]
April 29, 2013
culture, intentional traveller, Skybridge, travels
A few weeks ago I was able to speak to a group of educators about how God uses students to spread the Gospel across the Earth. Although students often have many opportunities to do short terms missions trip or summer long missions trips, we can’t forget that students also have other alternative paths to mission. Consider this: [...]
April 22, 2013
Skybridge, study abroad
Recently I was in a midwestern city at a church. We had a gathering of young adults who were interested in working overseas on purpose. As we were talking a very cool conversation took place. This young man was telling how he and his wife wanted to live abroad through his job and he had [...]
April 2, 2013
BAM, Sending Church
A couple I know spent about 2 years living in Madrid, Spain where the husband worked for a large company from the US. He worked for this company back in the states and was given the opportunity to work abroad much earlier than he expected. Usually, employees wanting to work abroad need to put in [...]
March 25, 2013
BAM, marketplace work, spain
A few weeks ago I got an email from one of our Skybridge members in Italy. In light of the recent media attention on the Vatican and the Pope, it’s easy to forget that Italy is still largely unreached with the Gospel. This person that wrote me teaches in a public school where crucifixes hang [...]
March 12, 2013
BAM, europe, Skybridge
Recently, the Skybridge Community blog featured a guest post from a woman who lives in Istanbul with her family. I really appreciated what she had to say because she is not a missionary, but rather someone who moved to Turkey along with her husband who has a regular job. I recommend you read the entire [...]
March 4, 2013
BAM, Business as Mission, Skybridge
I recently had the opporunity to talk with a corporate businssman who lives in South East Asia. His name is Jon and I greatly respect what he is doing, and his heart as he went about it. As he told me about how he and his wife decided to go overseas, it reminded me of [...]
February 13, 2013