A training manager constantly hears “We need training on X because people are not doing X”. It’s a natural supposition that if people are not doing X, it is because they don’t know how. Robert Mager, in his book Analyzing Performance Problems —You Really Oughta Wanna, has spent years advising leaders how to get…
There is nothing like eating tomatoes out of your own garden….The same thing happens when you grow your own missionaries!
The missionary life is unique carrying with it a set of burdens, stresses, and joys found only in itself. Having never engaged in missionary work, many people do not fully grasp the duties, decisions, and differences that exist from other lifestyles. Usually discussions about what missionaries do are met with a person’s preconceived notions. Even…
As I outlined in Part I of this two part series, the list of 13 questions to consider in evaluating a short-term mission trip was in no particular order. While some might have seemed particularly negative, each will allow you to have a more complete picture of the ramifications of what you are actually considering….
Short-Term Mission’s Trips (STM) are often embarked upon with only a minimal reflection on the implications. It may be in response to a picture or story of a needy child. It might come as the result of reading a prayer letter or simply because of vaguely remembered awareness of a country or people. Sometimes it…
If I were to guess, having read only the first couple of chapters of Acts, from where God would launch His international missionary venture, I would have to say, “Well, from Jerusalem—where else?” It seems like a logical choice. So much happened there, after all—the Triumphal Entry, the passion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus,…
For most people, not feeling well simply results in a quick phone call to the doctor to setup an appointment at which time you show up and wait a few minutes before being taken back to be examined by the doctor. That’s not so here. Instead a person goes to the doctor’s office hoping you’re…
Sometimes, passages become so well-known to us that we fail to be moved by them. We become so accustomed to the same passage being sermonized with the same points, we easily overlook them in search of something more. If ever there were words weighted with so much detail that they demand more intimate attention at…
Short-Term Mission’s Trips (STM) are often embarked upon with only a minimal reflection on the implications. It may be in response to a picture or story of a needy child. It might come as the result of reading a prayer letter or simply because of vaguely remembered awareness of a country or people. Sometimes it…
Conveying field experiences with mere words lacks sufficient means for adequately capturing the entirety ministry events. Therefore, both the difficulties and the successes are often minimized. Hoping to convey the ministry experience, I began a three-part series in an attempt to convey the adventure that is missions (see the links below for the previous stories)….