My wife and I serve as missionaries with One Challenge (OC International) on the U.S. Ministries Team. Our focus is accelerating church planting movements here in America to reach our nation and the nations among us.
Archive for year: 2010
This past weekend – Evident Church in Macomb, Michigan celebrated their second anniversary. I’ve been coaching the church planter, Josh Hossler, for the past year.
Simple things reproduce. You cannot pass on something complicated from one person to another and then another and so on. The more complex an idea, the more people will think they are incapable of mastering it.
Cappuccino – enjoyed while coaching at Trabant in the U District
My colleague Bob Rasmussen has developed a nine-week course offered in Seattle WA this fall on the practical “crossing culture” skills you need to be effective in a global, multicultural world. Here are the details:
In yesterday’s post, I pointed out how Pemco Insurance had creatively identified the uniqueness of those who live in the Pacific Northwest — see Pemco: Understanding the Culture (part 1).
As a missionary in your own zip code, it’s important to understand those in the culture around you. How do you do that? …Seek to be a learner.
The heart of Missional Living is focused on the King and His kingdom. It’s not about you or your church – it’s about the King and His kingdom. Here’s a simple understanding of missional living:
My friend Brian Wintersteen shared this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer with me recently and related it to our need as Christian coaches to speak the truth directly in coaching conversations. We owe that to the person we are coaching.
“And on that day they offered a great sacrifice and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.”
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