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We do missions with mostly one side of our brains. And we don't even know it. Let me explain. There are two hemispheres or sides to the...

Originally delivered as a message for the Upstream Sending Church Gathering, this is a longer read. But you may find it worth your time...

An Encouraging Start So much of my work at Upstream involves equipping local churches to be "sending churches," and this month I had the...

In the year 2020 I had vision. Not that kind of vision, more of an image. I was standing alone on a stage and the church was packed....

In light of the print release of Lent and Missions: A 40-Day Devotional, which I co-authored with Nathan Sloan, this week I am posting an...

It is the season where readers are putting books on their new year's reading lists. So here are a few that I read in 2023 that are worthy...

“Thirty-one seconds before death.” This is author Brandon Sanderson’s way of ominously foreshadowing the inevitable, of giving insight...

This was a milestone month as we completed almost seven years of pastoral ministry at Antioch Church and entered a new season as the...

One of the most important skills for thinking and acting like a missionary (or training others to do so) is contextualization. In fact,...

Liturgy usually gets a bad rap. For many Christians it is associated with empty religiosity, a form of insincere prayer. However, in...

Let’s be realistic. There are some legitimate reasons that missionaries struggle to have deep, abiding relationships with local churches....

Thursday, January 6, 2015 Two gunmen enter the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris, France, killing twelve people...

If we love Christ, then we will love his bride. This is the legacy of the man whom Jesus himself said there was none greater: John the...

A young Christian in East Africa was walking home from the countryside where he was sharing the gospel with his family. Suddenly he was...

Scars are an interesting thing, aren’t they? We all have them. Most of them are hidden; many of them are invisible. Whether they come...

On Sunday, I’ll be handing out arrows. Two sets of parents will come forward. They’ll stand before the church holding newborns. I’ll say...

Paul Bäumer was a ghost when he left the trenches of World War I. Returning to his family and town, which had changed little, he was...

I started wearing glasses in the fourth grade. The optometrist whispered to my mom, “He’s nearsighted in one eye, farsighted in the...

I love the enthusiasm I encounter among aspiring missionaries. It drips from them like water from your hands when there are no paper...