Missions is tough. Often it requires living in proximity to people who are so poor, their desperation drives them to steal. The consequence: our missi...
Saw this blog by Gerrard Fess, a Canadian minister. The question: Are you more of a fan or a follower of Jesus? There seems to be this debate of wh...
With 274 submissions to our photo contest in the first two weeks, we're off to a good start! There are three judges. They are all-stars. One of them i...
Uche Izuora is a Nigerian missionary to the Sudan. That's a tough place to minister, but Uche is tougher. He and I have been corresponding for sev...
Pastor Gift works in the most AIDS-devastated place in the world - in Nsoko, the worst part of Swaziland. This past week was a hard one for him. He sh...
Economists forecast that by next year, the unemployment rate in America will be well over 10% while the rate of under-employment (people working part-...
A lot of parents need to get a life. Some are WAY too involved in their children's lives. It leads to crazy dysfunctional behavior when they become ad...
In general, in ministry, we do as bad or worse in hiring people as those in business do. If we followed Jesus' model of walking with people before s...
People sometimes ask me about if I ever expected AIM to grow as it has and how did it happen? On a practical level, one of the keys has been the brill...
If you want to get to the core of a person, probe his or her relationship with their father. You may look like a success on the outside, but if your...
