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From Recipients to Senders The big news of November was a trip to Cameroon to continue equipping a cohort of six missions pastors. It was...

What a Ride! It's been a wild ride since August. Between work and pleasure we've been to Florida, Tennesee, Georgia, North Carolina,...

I'm so excited to share about the release of Upstream 's latest book, The Sending Church Applied , which I co-authored with Nathan Sloan,...

Have you ever woken up in a panic on the floor with people gathered around you? I have. It happened while I was a 25-year-old missionary...

When I was in third grade, my mother enrolled me in Children’s Bible Drill. It was certainly a well-titled activity. After hours of...

Look—a New Book! For more than two years Mike Easton, Nathan Sloan, Larry McCrary, and myself have been working on a strategic book...

“Have you ever considered doing a Spanish translation of The Sending Church Defined ?” That’s how Michael Boze, pastor of missions at...

Not into reading? Check out some of my Instagram reels from this month instead. From Africa to Louisville (and Back!) As you may know,...

Not into reading? Check out some of my Instagram reels from this month instead. A Dream Come True The highlight of June was our family's...

Not into reading? Watch this funny 30-second video summary instead. Work hard, play hard. That's what Upstream's executive team (Larry...

I breathe deeply and say over to myself: “You are at home; you are at home.” But a sense of strangeness will not leave me, I can find...

What do you say to a pastor after his sermon? Here’s a suggestion. Simply, “Thank you.” Even if it wasn’t a particularly good sermon, or...

Not into reading? Watch this short video summary instead. "I'm so excited to have this book. I want to read it right now." That's what...

I once had a turtle named Fred. Fred liked to eat watermelon. But I went on vacation and forgot to leave Fred any watermelon. When I came...

“I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.” I can still hear those words in the voice of Tom Hanks, playing the beloved character...

Not into reading? Watch this short video summary instead. I've got big news—and it's no April Fools' joke. In January we took the leap of...

In the previous article we walked through an overview of missions in the Old Testament. If you didn’t get a chance to reach it, I want to...

My life changed a few years ago when I saw my first “spark bird”. Do you know what a spark bird is? It’s the first bird that awakens you...

Not into reading? Watch this video instead. So Grateful I just keep pinching myself. It’s hard to believe I get to work full-time with...

This article was originally delivered as part of pre-field training for missionary candidates. For this reason it is a longer read, so...