UPS truck drivers rarely make left turns. Such turns are more dangerous to make than right turns. They also save the company money. By making 90% of turns to the right, UPS has been able to save 10 million gallons of gas. Drivers traveling greater distances to avoid idling time […]
Stewardship
We often equate the testing of boundaries with the acts of deviant children. “My child is testing the boundaries to see if he will get disciplined.” “She is pushing her boundaries, and I will not stand for that!” And, yes, whenever such actions and thoughts push against divinely-established parameters (e.g., […]
The Stewardship of Questioning the Boundaries
We’re no longer going to believe that if God wants the heathen saved, then He’ll do it without us. We’re going to use means. We’re no longer going to work only along the coastlines; we’re moving to the interiors of these countries. We’re no longer going to build mission stations; […]
Two Steps Few Leaders Take
We pastors often forget that stewardship extends beyond the realm of giving money for gospel advancement. For the longest time, we have allowed the notion of being a wise steward to be defined according to money. And while the issue of finances does exist within the jurisdiction of stewardship, stewardship […]
Call Your People to Marketable Skills and Degrees
We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together […]
Three Areas of Missional Adjustment in Our Flat World
Last week, while at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C., I took this photo of the Bell X-1. If you know your history, this was the first plane to break the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager surpassed the Mach 1 speed in October 1947, and will always […]