Each November I bring an annual “vision” message to explain the big picture for the coming year and hopefully motivate buy-in. – I seldom look forward to it because I feel incredible pressure to bring a message so inspiring that people will be willing to take on hell with a water pistol. Much of the pressure […]

My wife and I just returned from a conference in Bogota, Colombia where we taught pastors and their wives. We were privileged to serve with Juan Carlos Flores Zúñiga and his wife Orietta who arranged the conference through his organization. Lance Witt and his wife Connie were also on the teaching team. He served as

Last week I attended Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit at a local video venue. As usual, the speaker line-up was superb. I used my iPad to capture my learnings and these these seven stood out. We can hear the whispers from God when we lower the ambient noise in our lives. Bill Hybels, The Power of

It’s exciting to see many churches embracing community and missional ministry more than ever. When I grew up, I can’t remember being challenged to go out into my community to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the poor and under-resourced. Perhaps that’s why it took me so long to personally ‘get it.’ The