May and I spent time working with a team recently helping to upgrade their staff communications. We had several Q&A sessions during the 3 days of training. One question we were asked in different situations was, “How do we motivate those we work with?” In working...
An Indonesian OPEN worker wrote the following in his newsletter recently. He started out explaining that though there are many traditional organizational workers in the country, his team choose to do business. Though it clearly takes time, energy and money, here’s...
Last week I was invited to speak in Richmond to a group of Hispanic leaders. I assumed when I accepted the invite that these were mission leaders, but upon arrival I was informed this was a group of Hispanic pastors from large and small churches around the USA. My...
You’re in a tough spot. It’s not fun and you don’t like it. In the back of your mind, there it is… that voice… “Joy” it says. If you’ve read my goals for 2014, you know that joy is His major theme for me. The Master tells us “Count it all joy to be in...
The large team was reviewing its efforts in sharing the Good News the past quarter. Each B4T worker listed the names of their local friends who they had spent more than 24 hours with that quarter on the huge white board and then they each listed what they had shared...
In reading 1 Peter 5 this morning I was reminded of the Super Bowl which I watched last night. Now I readily agree the Super Bowl is not as “super” as the World Cup, but if you are a fan of that American football, the Super Bowl is huge. My son’s family lives in...
