Yearly Archives: 2012


Today’s edition of USA Today contains a story on the new count of international students studying in the United States.  You may find the story HERE and the original source of the findings HERE.  Last year, I wrote about the record number of students studying in this country.  We now […]

Record Number of International Students in the United States


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What do we do when we don’t know what to do? This is a question we ask often. “I am fasting, praying, reading the Word, seeking wisdom in a multitude of counselors, but I am still not certain what to do.” Great! Keep up such practices! Such are wonderful disciplines […]

Faithful-Doing When You Don’t Know What to Do


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November is recognized by the United States government as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.  Earlier this week, the latest numbers were released on the 566 tribes in this country.  For the past three years, I have written about Native Americans (First Nations if in Canada) here at the […]

566 Native Tribes in the United States



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I am excited and thankful to share that Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration, and Mission is now available! We live in the age of migration.  214 million people are presently living outside of their countries of birth.  That is 3% of the world’s population.  If this number represented a single […]

Strangers Next Door


Healthy church multiplication is not a possibility unless you have the multiplication of healthy leaders.  And the multiplication of healthy leaders should begin in the harvest with the multiplication of disciples.  With this in mind, I want to draw your attention to an upcoming event related to disciple-making. Lord willing, […]

Multiply with David Platt and Francis Chan


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We want to start with the extraordinary.  Iron Man. The Incredible Hulk. “We want the high caliber, high capacity-type to lead this ministry.  For apart from these we can do nothing. We want Superman, not the Greatest American Hero!” We want to use the extraordinary to reach the world. “If […]

When the Ordinary Does the Extraordinary