Call Your People to Marketable Skills and Degrees
We pastors often forget that stewardship extends beyond the realm of giving money for gospel advancement. For the longest time, we have allowed the notion of being a wise steward to be defined according to money. And while the issue of finances does exist within the jurisdiction of stewardship, stewardship embraces all of the Christian [...]
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Three Areas of Missional Adjustment in Our Flat World
We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together into a virtual and practical [...]
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Compress Time for Gospel Advancement
Last week, while at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C., I took this photo of the Bell X-1. If you know your history, this was the first plane to break the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager surpassed the Mach 1 speed in October 1947, and will always be remembered as the first [...]
Too Busy to Think
One of the disciplines that I have attempted to develop over the years is that of thinking. No, I am not referring to the dilemma that I experience when trying to decide what to get at the Krispy Kreme counter. But thinking on a much greater level. A macro-level-type of thinking. All great leaders are [...]
No More Muddin’ and Pullin’ for Jesus
While the concepts of mudding and truck and tractor pulling are prevalent throughout the United States and Canada, there’s a part of me that wants to say that those recreational activities developed near my hometown. Growing up in Corbin, Kentucky, I had a few childhood moments when I was honored to participate in these up-and-coming [...]
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