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Principle #2: Living with purpose
Jesus wasn’t just wandering around the Holy Land aimlessly. He was walking with a purpose. We too, as we seek to live incarnationally as he did, need to walk with a purpose. That doesn’t mean we’re in a hurry or that we’re not relational. Quite the contrary,...
Principle #1: Staying connected with the Father
One principle I found when looking at the life of Jesus is that he stayed connected with the Father. That may sound simple and obvious, but it’s amazing how quickly we lose sight of it in day-to-day ministry. Especially those of us who plan well can begin relying on...
The 7 principles of incarnational living
After doing a study on the life of Jesus, which I’ve written about previously on this blog, I have arrived at 7 principles of incarnational living. Living incarnationally means: Staying connected with the Father Living with purpose Dwelling among the people Engaging...
Video interview with Dennis Easter
Amazing video interview with FourSquare Pastor Dennis Easter of Portland. He has taken a historic downtown church and helped move it in a missional direction. Lots of great examples of the ways his church is integrating with the community around them to live out their...
Why is urban ministry so lonely?
Why is it that when you are working in urban contexts it’s so hard to get people to join you? Why do people seem unwilling to join in urban ministry ventures? In rural settings, it’s relatively easy to get people to come out and build some houses or churches, dig...
Listening to the Spirit and ministry planning—yes, they do go together
Over years of working with churches and church leaders in a wide variety of denominations and networks, one thing that continues to amaze me is how many people view planning and spirituality as completely separate and even antithetical practices. On the one hand, some...
Top 5 missonal books
If you only have five books to read on missional ministry, these are my top picks. Taken together they provide a good overview of the theoretical, the practical, and the stories. If you want a broader scope of missional ministry, as well as multiple voices, read the...
Why is small such a big deal?
A small thought with big implications, from Neil Cole: “Why is small such a big deal? Small does not cost at all. Small is easy to reproduce. Small is more easily changed and exchanged. Small is mobile. Small is harder to stop. Small is intimate. Small is simple....
How Eden Reforestation Project started
The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch, President of Eden Reforestation Projects. I grew up in the Philippines and loved to explore nature. In 1997 and 2001, I went back and was shocked by the destruction that had taken place. The coral reefs...
The power of 10
The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch. Eden Reforestation Projects is one of the best, if not the best, in the world at: • Employing thousands of desperately poor individuals who • plant and protect whole forests • at 10¢ per tree $10 per month...
The loss of Psalm 104
A meditation from Steve Fitch 16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers. 18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the...
Can trees save lives? See how
The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch, President of Eden Reforestation Projects. When we first met Maman Sisy, her third live-in husband had just abandoned her and her five children. So once again she and her kids were left destitute. Sadly,...