The main business of many mission committees is to determine how to spend the mission budget,...
Resources on Theology
Rethinking mission: Incarnational presence
The last post examined the missionary nature of God and the “sentness” of the church. God...
Rethinking the missionary nature of the church
If mission defines who Christ is, and if Christ sends us as He was sent, then...
Rethinking the missionary nature of God
Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. ~ David...
Spiritual journal discipleship
Church planters get pulled in many directions at once. The task of discipling men can get...
In January, I celebrated 14 years of marriage. I am truly amazed that God gave me...
Accountability with your growth
I remember the first time I heard Tim Keller say “Being in ministry will either make...

Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 3
What we are finding is that there is a special joy that comes from sharing in...

Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 2
As hard as this process has been so far—here is what we are learning, slowly and...
Why adoption is supposed to be hard: Part 1
This series of posts was originally written in November 2016. We have been home from China...

li::marker { font-weight: bold;} If we want to see a move of God in North America,...

I was a shy kid with a debilitating stutter and no friends. One night, my dad...