Dr. Phil: Recently we have just celebrated the most important fact of our faith – the Resurrection! For most of us it was, again, quite different than our typical in-person community celebration, Of course, this does not diminish the reality Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: Scars. Not something we usually want to talk about or perhaps admit to. Yet I would suggest that they are important reminders of God’s faithfulness as we face the future. Like most of us, you may have picked Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: I am sure many of us will be happy to see the end of 2020! In many ways it has been a dark year as many have been personally touched by the virus, had their livelihood threatened, and Continue Reading →
by Dr. Phil Jeske I have been reading Henry Kissinger’s book World Order (again) over the summer and he had a few thoughts on information, knowledge, and wisdom that I have taken and added my own thoughts. I thought you Continue Reading →
by Dr. Raydel [Dr. Raydel is a surgeon from Cuba and is currently living in Dominican Republic. He serves the Church there and Latin America as a teacher and leadership mobilizer. He first was in contact with ICM’s ministry in Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered how the five equipping gifts from Ephesians 4 (“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers to equip his people for works of serve so that the body of Christ Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: It is likely that we all would agree in principle that the “Church” is much more than just a building or location or even one local group of believers. Yet a year like this one has made us Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: Are we as Christians any different than others in a Pandemic? Perhaps a bit of an odd questions, but I was thinking about this as I have been following the news coverage and having to adjust our travel Continue Reading →
At the MCNet Intl. Consultation in August of 2019, a presentation was made by Doug Friesen (ICM board member and Exec. Dir of CLIMB, MCNet Canadian affiliate), regarding the need for a new model for theological education in the 21st Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: Well it’s hard to believe that it is the year 2020… .or put another way, we are one fifth of the way through the 21st Century! It makes me recall conversations I had with my father regarding his Continue Reading →
The markers signifying a milestone are merely signposts – showing where we have come from and where we have yet to go; obviously, they are not the destination only a point between the past and future. As I have written Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil: As I look back at years of walking with the Lord and how God has led us in the ministry, I am reminded of Proverb 16:9, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their Continue Reading →
Well in June of this year it will be 30 years since we began ICM in Canada (originally, Global Outreach Association). We first spent a couple years in Africa and then, after returning to Canada for a few years, relocated Continue Reading →
The short answer to this question is yes and no! While these terms are used interchangeably, we make a distinction for various specific reasons. Let me explain. Since we first released our mentoring materials (Mentoring thru Intentional Relationships, 2003), you Continue Reading →
Dr. Phil. As you know, Matt. 28:19-20, is one of the favorite missionary scriptures, ”Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and Continue Reading →