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...
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...
The sign read “SOLD OUT”. I was walking down Orchid Road in Singapore when I saw a K-Mart sign that read, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE – EVERYTHING REDUCED 50%-90%.” Seeing an opportunity, and having a few minutes, I bounded up the stairs to the store’s entrance where...
Question: Why has Coca Cola gone to the ends of the earth in less than a hundred years but the gospel has not in two thousand years? I think the answer is this: the world welcomes economic wealth. People want jobs and when we provide jobs, they invite us. Jesus...
Another North African country is cleaning house. Over 20 expats have been asked to leave since November last year. All were kicked out for doing the right things. But were they doing the right things, the right way? I thought so, until I met one of the workers who got...
In the post-modern world, change is normative. To stay on top of change we need to innovate. Four years ago David Wittenberg spoke at the Bangkok OPEN Huddle on the topic, challenging us to expand our limits and try what hasn’t been tried. This week I a read an...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
