Leadership Blog

  • Finding “uncommon” Common Ground May 22, 2024

    What a privilege it has been over the last several decades to be able to work with such a wide diversity of churches and denominations within a variety of countries and languages. Our experience has been that there is much ...

  • “Wasting” Time with Jesus February 5, 2024

    Dr. Phil. If your experience has been anything like mine, then you likely grew up learning to appreciate the importance of maximizing your time. This likely took the form of learning not to waste time and being intentional about managing ...

  • “Leaving Town Guilt…” October 19, 2023

         I am beginning to write these reflections as I bounce along my overnight train trip back west through Ukraine to the Polish border. Under the clear blue autumn sky the endless wheat and sunflower fields pass by to the ...

  • Decade by Decade August 23, 2023

    I think we all would agree that each one of our life’s journey is specific and unique. Yet I was reading a book lately (Decade by Decade – Life is Surprisingly Predictable, Bobb Biehl) that makes the point that, decade ...

  • Real Values May 24, 2023

    I think the older we get the greater our desire to leave something behind that will outlive us. Perhaps this has something to do with the phrase from Ecclesiastes that we truly have “eternity written in our hearts.” We seem ...