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The Good in Goodbye: A Defense for Going When Others Say Don’t
Let’s be honest—saying goodbye stinks. Not the everyday goodbyes. I’m talking about the kind that make us like a child watching her first...
May 17, 20215 min read
A Liturgy for the Well-Worn Missions Leader
O God who saw a world to fill with glory And then made it by your word You have seen a new world to fill with glory Poured in by Christ...
May 10, 20212 min read
Fit for the Task: Why the Local Church Must Lead in Missionary Assessment
When Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that he wanted to put Dubai on the map with something really sensational, he wasn’t...
May 2, 20215 min read
Securing Funding for Church Planting
My favorite basketball coach was the one that nobody else liked. He wasn’t the head coach who made the decisions about playing time. He...
Apr 23, 20215 min read
Missions and Dating: The Intersection of Disparate Longings
We were crying so hard that strangers in the airport were crying too. It was borderline wailing. I was saying goodbye to the girl I knew...
Apr 16, 20215 min read
Why We All Want to do Something Bigger
In 2009, alpinists Fabrizio Zangrilli, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, and Simone Leorin stood at the base camp of K2, the world’s second tallest...
Apr 5, 20214 min read
5 Ways to Develop a Church Planting DNA
The coolest thing about 1984 wasn’t just that I was born. It was the year of the greatest comedy/horror film ever made: Gremlins. If you...
Mar 20, 20214 min read
The Broken World: A Small Group Study
Read Genesis 11:1-9 Big Idea The world is in desperate need for the gospel—more than we even realize. Review The missionary God is not...
Aug 31, 20205 min read
The Missionary God: A Small Group Study
Read Psalm 67 Big Idea God shows us who he is by being on a mission to save us. Discuss What comes to mind when you think of the words...
Aug 24, 20205 min read
Cultivating Self-Awareness in Potential Sent Ones
Imagine if all the Avengers had no self-awareness. Go ahead and watch Infinity Wars and delight in the mastery of each Avenger's unique...
Aug 17, 20204 min read
Ten Signs of Healthy Sending in Your Church
Being part of The Upstream Collective means learning from sending churches around the world. Honestly, it means I do a lot less...
Aug 11, 20203 min read
Sending Well: It Takes a Community
One of the common reasons church leaders hesitate when it comes to sending their members on mission is the intimidating demands of...
Aug 4, 20203 min read
The God Who is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part Three
So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I...
Jul 30, 20205 min read
The God Who is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part Two
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be...
Jul 21, 20203 min read
The God Who Is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part One
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as...
Jul 13, 20203 min read
Small Churches Can Be Sending Churches
This wasn’t my first encounter with Travis. We met years before in a missions seminary class. Engaging me in conversation, I discovered...
Jun 14, 20163 min read
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