I’m not a big fan of that guy that goes months without updating his blog, then apologizes for it, then promises to do better. So I’m not going to be that guy. I’m not going to apologize for not writing since February. I’m not going to promise to write more. When I started this blog [...]
Short Term Equals No Good
I’m a conversationalist at heart. I love listening to others talk. I love to ask questions and let other people answer. If you listen closely enough they’ll tell you more about themselves than they probably intended. I’d like to think that’s what happened recently during a conversation with an American church planter living in France. [...]
Of Monetary Concern
If you follow the goings-on of the SBC and IMB then you will undoubtedly know that the IMB is in a budget crisis. The Lottie Moon offering for 2008 was some $30 million dollars short of its goal. There were two primary responses to this shortfall. One, within the IMB, and the second, without the [...]
Practical Contextualization
On September 22nd, Ed Stetzer wrote a nice article on contextualization. I have no issues with the article at all and I enjoyed reading through the comments that followed. As a follow-up to Ed’s piece I thought I would open my site up to the practical side of contextualization. I would love to hear about [...]
Gospel Relationships
The Upstream Collective is currently in Asia with Ed Stetzer on a Jet Set Tour. They are meeting with local pastors and field workers to learn more about the culture, the work currently being done there, and to come up with ways that American churches can partner in the work. A recent Twitter update from [...]
