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Values: the roots of ministry
Your ministry flows out of your values. Picture the whole church as a tree: the values are the roots. You can’t see them, but they are responsible for virtually everything that happens above ground. The roots produce the fruit. If the fruit is good, you assume the...
If you don’t enjoy it here, go home!
“If you don’t enjoy it here, go home!” That’s the advice Carlos (formerly Chuck) has for missionaries. To be an effective missionary, we don’t just need to understand the culture. We need to embrace it and enjoy it. Jesus engaged the culture he lived in. He went to...
Mine your experiences
A significant dimension of my continuing education is reflecting on my conversations and experiences. What did I learn? What principles did I discover, affirm or deepen? What common threads do I see? How does this connect with other situations? What patterns can I...
Solidify the change
The team I worked with in Mexico, after experiencing the power of the "Barnabas questions," quickly recognized that they could use these questions in their work with community organizing. They regularly come alongside people to help them with community problems and...
Model the change
We need to model the change we want others to embrace. Use the questions I listed in yesterdays’ blog entry as you engage with others in the relationships you already have. Let people experience coaching conversations so they can capture the emotions and the benefits....
6 questions to create a coaching culture
I like to call these The Barnabas Questions: How are you? What are you celebrating? What challenges are you experiencing What do you plan to do about these challenges? How can I help you? How can I pray for you? I introduced these six questions, originally used by...
Slow down for potholes
Mexico had a speeding problem. People would go way too fast. Now they’ve solved that problem by putting up “topes” everywhere that force drivers to slow down. “Topes” are gigantic speed bumps. Some are so big the bottom of the car scrapes across it and most drivers...
Self-Scouting by Tom Nebel
Today's entry by Tom Nebel is a re-post from www.churchplanting.com. A few weeks ago I had the unique experience of chatting with Green Bay Packers’ head coach Mike McCarthy, in his home. Long story, but I was given an on-field pass before the Packers/Broncos game,...
What we can learn from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
This entry is from guest blogger Tara Miller, frequent co-author on my books. Over Thanksgiving weekend I visited an Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Sometimes it's refreshing to go into a situation where everything is different so you don't have preconceived ideas of "it...
Paul and Barnabas
Quite a while back I was asked to work with multiple denominational groups in Germany on a church leadership initiative they wanted to put together. I told them I’d do it as long as Christoph would work with me. Christoph was a young emerging German leader. They...
A staff meeting of Barnabases
When I was in Mexico recently, I attended the staff meeting at Comunidad Mosaico, a ministry that works toward transformation among the urban poor. They had a time of worship, and due to my poor Spanish skills, I understood very little that was going on. But I felt...
His love endures forever
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. 4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. 5 who by his...