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VIDEO: Mexico City Tour

Mar 31, 2009

I made this video back in June of 2006 and posted to our vlog. It’s a mix of Google Earth and video I’ve shot all over Mexico City. Hopefully, it will give you an idea of what Mexico City is like.

Visionaries and Our Life this Week

Mar 30, 2009

Every once in a while, there are people who come along who have a great vision to reach the world. They are the people who begin movements. If you get a chance to work with people who have great vision, you shouldn’t let that opportunity slip away.

Social Media and Missionaries

Mar 27, 2009

My job as a missionary has many different aspects. I spend most of my time training youth workers (both formally and informally). I spend a little of my time working with young people (not as much as I used to). I also try to inspire people to be involved in missions.

Some parts of what I do are easier to talk about on social media than to actually do, especially given the culture in which I work.

The Preacher’s Burden

Mar 25, 2009

Andy Stanley, in his book Communicating for a Change, talks about a thing called “the preacher’s burden.” He says it’s the thing that “if you don’t preach it, you will die.” The thing that your audience has to hear.

I was supposed to preach on Friday in chapel at the Seminary, and I had prepared like never before. I had studied the passage. I had prepared my outline. I had boiled it down to one thing. I had the perfect illustration. Then the phone rang.

March Madness on Demand

Mar 23, 2009

This is the third year we’ve watched March Madness online, so we’ve got lots of experience watching sports online. The NCAA gets it right with their presentation of MMOD.

Reading Books on the iPhone

Mar 20, 2009

I just finished reading “Communicating for a Change” by Andy Stanley. I read the entire book on my iPhone using the Kindle application. Here’s my review so far of the app. Maybe later I’ll give you my thoughts on the book.

Save Dinero, Download Tribes for free

Mar 19, 2009

You might already know this, but Janell is really good at finding deals on just about everything, saving money, using coupons, and getting free stuff. She started her own blog a few weeks ago called Saving You Dinero (savingyoudinero.com). She posts all sorts of cool freebies and deals.

Creatively Supporting Missions

Mar 19, 2009

We recently received a donation from a friend of ours who had never donated to the ministry before but we know has a heart for missions and has wanted to support us.

When I asked about the donation, the answer surprised me! It was such a creative way to support missions.

Bore No More!!

Mar 18, 2009

One of my biggest fears when I get up to speak in front of a group of young people, students at the Seminary, or even in “big church” is boring the drool out of people while I’m speaking. Seriously, I have nightmares about people sleeping while I’m teaching about the the book that has caused more life change than any other book in the history of the world.

Jim Rayburn, the founder of Young Life, is quoted as saying, “It is a sin to bore a kid with the gospel of Jesus Christ.” I agree. If God took the time to carefully reveal Himself to us, why do we bore people with His Word?

Well, the good news is that there are some principles that we can apply to our teaching to cut down the bore factor. Here they are.

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