Liz and I flew out to California last week to be part of our family celebration of my mom’s 80th birthday. My sister Debbie and her family flew in from Virginia. My brother Bruce, and his new bride, Lynn Maree, flew in from Brisbane, Australia and my other sister and her family, who live near... Read More

A couple of nights ago, Liz and I went out for coffee with Bob and Barbara Francis…two of the very best people with Campus Crusade. Bob served as the National Director of Staffed Campus Ministries since 1999. Under his leadership, the number of students involved with Campus Crusade doubled. He’s a passionate and very effective... Read More

In June 2005 edition of Fast Company there are several helpful articles related to the topic of design and innovation. One of the questions posed was “How can civilian sales reps and IT geeks incorporate a design sensibility into their work? Here are five suggestion:1. Keep a design notebook. Buy a small notebook and carry... Read More

“When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary new ideas…The Medici Effect comes from a remarkable burst of creativity in fifteenth-centruy Italy. The Medicis were a banking family in Florence who funded crators from a wide range of disciplines. Thanks to... Read More

John Wesley was a man with a mission and a vision—“to redeem the nation” and “to spread scriptural holiness throughout the land.”[1] In a country where in “1736 every sixth house in London was licensed as a grogshop”[2] England was a country of drunkenness, despair and moral decay. Children as young as 3 1/2 worked... Read More

City Reaching ResourcesRecommended by Eric Swanson Understanding City-Reaching City Reaching: On the Road to Community TransformationAuthor: Jack Dennison, Publisher: William Carey Library, 1999City of God, City of SatanAuthor: Robert Linthicum, Publisher: Zondervan, 1991City ImpactAuthor: Daniel Bernard, Publisher: Chosen Books, 2004City-wide Prayer MovementsAuthor: Tom White, Publisher: Vine Books, 2001Better Together : Restoring the American CommunityAuthor: Robert... Read More

Positive Deviantby David DorseyJerry Sternin’s job was to help save starving children in Vietnam. Faced with an impossible time frame, he adopted a radical approach to making change. His idea: Real change begins from the inside. If there is one profession that owes its existence to the new economy, it is the change artist. Change... Read More

“His friends were worried that he was suicidal and removed all razors and knives from his room. Throughout the nadir of Lincoln’s depression, his best friend, Joshua Speed, stayed by his side. In a conversation both men would remember as long as they lived, Speed warned Lincoln that if he did not rally, he would... Read More

Several months ago I picked up a book entitled, Mission After Christendom by David Smith. The opening line in the Forward captured my attention: “The church must forever be asking, ‘What kind of day is it today?’ for no two days are alike in her history.'” Smith outlines the history of Christianity and concludes that... Read More