The flying V formation of geese overhead is an annual telltale sign that cooler temperatures are on the way. Characteristically, wild geese make a screeching sound as they fly. Hearing this wild call has an effect on tame barnyard geese, the ones who have given up on...
Gary Taylor was one of the earliest BAM/tentmaking pioneers, striving in the 1980s and through the 90s to move missions toward doing what was then “tentmaking” and is now BAM/B4T. Gary foresaw a future for doing business for transformation that is finally becoming a...
Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go, We are all familiar with this verse. So what is, the way they should go? Are we truly adequately equipping our people for every good work? What did Jesus model in training people? What do we do currently do...
Internships – short-termers, there’s mixed views on the value such training brings to both the field worker/B4Ter as well as to the young person involved. In OPEN iPACT internships we seek to both train and involve those who participate. So is there...
Bringing both reality and transparency into missions is a growing struggle. Three different mission leaders wrote me this month basically saying how discouraged they are with the discrepancies they are seeing between what their home staff mobilizers are sharing about...
When I’ve asked Christian leaders, what is your priority, growth or quality, they invariably answer, “We seek both. We don’t see them as mutually exclusive.” But if we look with our eyes and hear with our ears, as Jesus exhorts us to do, we know them by their...
