Throughout my six years of blogging, I have rarely reposted any previous article. In fact, I can’t recall the last time I did. Maybe when I went on vacation several years ago? However, with this being the holiday season, and a few approaching holidays in the first several months of […]
Strategy
A 95% increase since 2006. That is the growth of the foreign-born population in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is a medium-sized U. S. city. Gone are the days when migrants landed and remained in the largest cities. And since 2003, 10,000 refugees alone have relocated to this city. The majority […]
Guess Who’s Coming to Buffalo–Now Who’s Going?
Yesterday’s post addressed 6 Parts of Kingdom Innovation. The systems and structures that brought us to the present and sustain ministry are not the ones that will overcome challenges and bring about necessary change. However, if the Lord wills, the systems and structures of the future are built upon the […]
Past and Present Reality of the Future
The present Syrian crisis has left 13 million children without schools. No school = no traditional education. But who says the present paradigm that brought us this far has to be the one to carry us into the future (Lord willing)? I read an article of a plan to use […]
6 Parts of Kingdom Innovation
Steve Jobs was known for his reality distortion field. Yes, he got some things accomplished, but he messed up–and messed up some others–big time along the way. And for me, how one gets to the accomplishment is just as important as the accomplishment as itself. What would it profit someone […]
No Reality Distortion Here
Since writing Strangers Next Door, people continue to ask for stories of the gospel reaching not only people who migrated but also stories of them returning to their countries of birth with the gospel. While I share some stories in the book, we all desire more of them. Baptist Press […]