Wildlife on the banks of the Crocodile River
Last night I mistook two hippos fighting in the Crocodile River outside our bedroom for a person snoring. In my sleepy reverie I thought, "That is...
Discipling
Lessons learned while trying to save the world (part 3)
Maybe a decade ago, when AIM was still struggling to find its voice, I decided to get some top contemporary musicians to represent us to a wide audien...
Living in God space
I just got this great email from Floyd McClung. "God space" is real to me, and it was genuine for the man who first introduced me to the term. Dr. ...
Getting started in Matamoros
During the summer of 1993 some of our staff joined me in investigating the new field of Matamoros, Mexico. Such pioneering trips are often opportuniti...
Church
Too white, too safe, too bad
Homogeneity is a problem in the church. It's a term that means that everybody in a group is pretty much the same. It's a problem because (as explor...
Simplicity Liberates You
Comfortably numb
In case no one's asked you a provocative question lately, I've got four of them for you. Take your pick: When was the last time you did something f...
The Holy Spirit is on the move
Raising the dead in India
J. Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma, puts out a regular email that energizes my faith. I recommend subscribing to it - it's free. His last ...
Mobilization
A moral tsunami sweeping young people out to sea
Having spent the past month in Africa with the World Racers, this idea of abandonment has really become a reality. This is a group of young Jesus-foll...
Short-term missions
Our petty complaints
Short-term missions can have an incredible impact on the participants, if they are truly broken of their western ethnocentrism and exposed to the extr...
