Well, the day has arrived. Earlier this month, I shared I would be hitting the pause button here at the blog. Over the past 12 years I have done this before, but never in an official way, for such a lengthy period of time, and to the extent as planned. […]
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I have never officially taken time off from blogging and social media. But that is about to change, big time. Twelve years ago I entered the world of social media and simultaneously launched Missiologically Thinking. Strike the Match turns seven years old this month. And, though twelve years ago I […]
The Hiatus of Hiatuses
Last week on my YouTube Channel I posted another episode of This Week in Mission History. The year was 1732 and the Moravians were about to launch a global movement that would not only transform their Herrnhut community and unreached people with the gospel but would shift the paradigm of […]
11 Things to Learn from Early Moravians
Recently, I have been sharing thoughts about the importance of the Church using arts to advance the gospel. Last week at my YouTube channel, I posted a video on this topic. Here I discuss four ways the Church has historically approached the arts and offer some suggestions for shepherding artists […]
Art, Church, Mission of God
Many believers in the United States do not know their neighbors. And they often prefer to share the gospel with people they know. Clearly, a disconnect exists. Several years ago, I developed a very simple and fun outreach method that involves holiday parties. The Christian calendar provides numerous annual events […]
Using the Calendar to Reach Your Neighbors
We know the end of the story–all peoples gathered around the throne (Rev 7:9). We look forward to this day. We pray and labor for this day. There are 7,000 unreached people groups in the world. What if we knew there was one group who never had one followed of […]
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