Appreciate your pastor
While pastoring at Pine Acres Church in Weatherford, Oklahoma, from 1991 to 2004, my wife, Janna, and I experienced a congregation that wonderfully supported...
Radically on mission
This is the final column that I will write as national director. Thinking about what to write, I keep coming back to what has...
The power of working together
As a whitewater-rafting guide, I regularly led students down the Deschutes River in Oregon. A raft with eight middle-school students, each with paddles in...
Making disciples
There is a good chance you could at least roughly quote the words of Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20. For those who don’t immediately identify...
How well do we remember?
“Remember” is a repeated command throughout Scripture. Remembering what God has done, remembering what God rescued us from, and remembering who we are called to...
Why plant churches?
I was recently asked why USMB invests sizable resources into planting new churches rather than using those resources to support existing churches. This is...
The least of these
One of Jesus’ most haunting messages is found in Matthew 25:31-46. His disciples ask in chapter 24 to know the signs and timing for...
Education essentials
Education is central to our relationship with God. In fact, the more we pay attention, education is front and center throughout the Bible.
In Deuteronomy...