To a significant degree, the depth of our hunger for transformation is reflected in the amount of time we spend fasting and praying. It’s easy to say that we are desperate for growth and eager for change. We are all called to be discipled and make disciples of others. It was our ...
It is a dangerous thing to pray the prayers of the apostles. It is an even more dangerous thing for a whole church to fast and pray the prayers of the apostles. There is great expectation when that happens, and not without reason. Our God loves to answer prayers, and supremely so as they line up ...
It is a tough but honest truth of our Christian existence in the West that our priorities are often gravely misplaced. This occurs because our paradigm is misaligned. And that occurs because the lens through which we see the world is generally more shaped by our context and church tradition than ...
46 cents. An amount so miniscule that it can’t even buy a Coke any more. Yet so big it can change the world. That’s what was given toward a missionary home complex in Nasir, South Sudan this week. All courtesy of two kids overhearing their parent’s conversation… I had ...
As our Lord was about to ascend from this earth, His last words were on discipleship. The command to make disciples of all people was His Great Commission to His followers. Discipleship is to be a core element to our being. Yet few of us are discipled and as a result, few know how to disciple ...
For all of us on the journey with Christ, there is a tension that dominates our lives. We live in the “already but not yet,” seeing some of the glories of the Kingdom of God while walking in a sin-soaked world. We have tasted of the heavenly, yet are surrounded by the worldly. Our ...
A thirst for success haunts all of us. This is true because a longing for significance dominates our culture. We all are driven toward living lives that count. Many of us have lengthy track records that point toward attempts at worldly success. We’ve poured in time, resources, and ...
“You are what you celebrate,” the saying goes. It’s one of my favorite sayings, and one of the most profound. Many times these days, we will talk about cultures around the world. We might also talk about sub-cultures within our own context. Each person has a culture, each entity ...
Our family is passionate about South Sudan. Much of that comes from the fact that Shauna and I used to live there, and our mud hut days have driven in us a deep love for the people there. Our kids naturally pick that up, to the point where Allison used to think that the country that she lived in ...
It was a terribly hot day in South Sudan, and I was thirsty. So was Shauna, and the rest of our village. In fact, our thirst paled in comparison to theirs, because we at least had some water. It was bee-ridden by that point, with the bees flocking to the only water they could find, but we at least ...
