Happy Halloween friends. Another Monday is here. It’s COLD in Raleigh… winter is quickly approaching! Had a great time speaking at Together for Adoption on orphan care and movements last week. Good to see so many folks advocating for orphans at T4A. While in Phoenix, I was able to connect with Mike Devries and talk about [...]

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This video displays everything that is wrong and evil about our world.  And it also should cause us to commit to making a difference and loving more deeply! RSS viewers. Click through to view video.

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I wish Barefoot Churchwas written before I planted my first church.  It would have saved me a lot of pain and mistakes.  This is a book filled with practical action-steps that will help the church embrace the beauty of Sunday and prepare for living out the mission, to love God and love our neighbor; locally [...]

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Last week I interviewed blogger Dan King. He just released a new ebook: The Unlikely Missionary.  I hope you enjoy it. Dan, before we jump into the content of the book, let me ask you a question. “How did you overcome the natural fears that most aspiring authors have and actually write this ebook?” That’s a great question! [...]

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I love this quote by Dave Ramsey at Catalyst 11. Don’t let your ministry, workplace, and life go faster than your resources. When you’re growing faster than you’ve got money, you’re about to have problems The simple ramifications are massive. Broke churches, non-profits and business cannot lead well or fulfill their vision. Yet, few people want [...]

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I believe one of the biggest reasons people fail to accomplish their goals in life is, “sideways energy”.  Somehow, we have to learn that you don’t have to say “yes”. This is an important principle. If you say yes to something, whether you know it or not, you’re saying no to something else. And that something else may be more important.  [...]

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Later today, I have a board meeting for H.E.L.P. We will make a lot of key decisions for the future of our organization. We do our best to steward what God has given us. We do our best to make decisions that will help us accomplish our mission, which is:  Rescue orphans: To provide shelter [...]

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  It’s that time again – Monday is here…are you ready…? Let’s do this! Some thoughts: Catalyst Conference was great.  I really enjoyed the speakers (okay, so I heard only one speaker) vibe and people.  Of course, the best part was hanging and reconnecting with friends.  Tim Schraeder created this notebook from #cat11. Great resource. I [...]

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Later today I head down to Atlanta.  I had scheduled some meetings for H.E.L.P. a while back, in Atlanta, without realizing Catalyst was at the same time.  H.E.L.P.’s team member Scott Wade is doing photog for Catalyst, and H.E.L.P.’s Africa Director,  Steven, will be there (he and his family head back to Cape Town on Sunday) and one of our advisory members Charles [...]

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So my blog has basically become a weekly “Monday morning breakdown” for the last few months.  I just can’t find (make) the time to blog consistently.  I have tons of posts that need to be refined and posted… just zero energy to do so. Speaking of energy: The last month I’ve had little to none.  I feel [...]

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