One hour a week that makes a difference

My friend Marilyn volunteers one hour a week to read with students at a low-income school through the national “Everybody Wins!” program. Here’s what she writes about her experience: “This is what I do every Wednesday at noon (Everybody Wins! LA) at nearby Leo Politi...

Everyone loves free stuff

Have you checked out the free stuff section of my website lately? There’s an article on there called The Path for Developing Missional Leaders and Planters. If you’re looking for a way to develop leaders—a way that’s not a shortcut or a quick fix, but a way that will...

What’s your definition of “friend”?

When my friends Matt and Hugh moved to Denver with an eye toward incarnational missional living, they set a goal of each making 50 new friends who weren’t believers. Meeting that goal required them to think through their definition of “friend.” It certainly means more...
Mission Journey Guides

Mission Journey Guides

Need a resource to help you or those you lead move outward on the mission of Jesus? Our bundle of three Mission-focused Journey Guides may be just what you’re looking for. Make Disciples  As we live incarnationally and serve missionally, the spiritual...

What do these three organisms have in common?

Pastor Al wants to get his church involved in serving their neighborhood more missionally. All his people agree– in theory– but he can’t get them to take even the smallest action in that direction. How can he fight passive resistance? Reverend...
Video interview with Dennis Easter

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...

Reflections of Jesus

Having been in this field of church planting for a long time, I have seen and experienced and been a part of that changing landscape. In my experience, I’ve seen the process of reaching people for Christ becoming more and more relational. It’s a...
What I want to be when I grow up

What I want to be when I grow up

I spoke at a conference earlier this week where Robert Coleman was also speaking. You may remember him as the author of the classic book The Master Plan of Evangelism.  He’s 82 years old and still engaged in ministry.  Here’s someone who has consistently walked with...