Thinking about Turkey Three times this past week I was reminded of my time in Turkey this Spring. First I read this excellent interview from Ed Stetzer and a worker in that part of the world. You should take time to read it. Secondly, I talked with two of the pastors that went with us [...]
August 25, 2011
Be a blessing?
One book that I read this summer was from author Reggie McNeal about the Missional Renaissance It is a good book especially for existing churches exploring becoming more missional in their orientation. One of the conversations we have been having as a family this summer has to do with blessings. How do you bless a [...]
August 18, 2011
Who is your neighbor ?
At Sent Lab in Austin this past weekend one of the presenters had each table spend five minutes creating a list of people who they work with in their ministry setting. Here are some samples. Mexicans, Chinese, Indians, Peruvians, Guatemalans, Ecuadorians, Iranians, Algerians, Moroccans, Pakistanis, Iraqis, Egyptians, Jordanians, Nigerians, Ivorians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Karen [...]
August 16, 2011
Missions next door
Last weekend I was able to be a part of a SENT LAB but on by The Sent Collective. I was able to chat some with Chad Vandiver, a missions strategist and co-founder of the SENT Collective. Read his take on how he hopes to help churches reach their lost neighbors. I have worked with [...]
June 29, 2011
Praying for success just down the street
As you may know we are in the states for a while on furlough. We are visiting different churches. I am looking at things through the lenses of what if I started another church some day in the states? What would I do differently? A couple of weeks ago we visited a church in Knoxville [...]
June 20, 2011
Working
I am sitting in a meeting of pastors and church planters who are serious about planting churches. This is exciting stuff. Most of the guys here are pastors of churches that are ten years old or less. Here is one theme that several pastors are talking about and actually modeling: They have jobs outside [...]
June 13, 2011
Planting a Church
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 [...]












August 30, 2011
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