One of my favorite sayings is, “You don’t know what you don’t know.”  Well, there’s one thing I DO know, and that is that everywhere I go is so different from other places I’ve been.  I’ve visited a lot of countries now, and I look for similarities between them and occasionally find some, but they pale in [...]

Strange as it may sound, my most recent rhinovirus attack taught me something about mission work. In my Nyquil-induced delirium, I found myself noticing the that the life path of a virus in its host organism holds an insight for identifying the Church’s best hope of really “infecting” Europe with the Gospel. I have a [...]

I love the word “missional” and what it emphasizes. We’re not supposed to “do” missionary and evangelistic work, we’re supposed to “be” it all the time. The phrase “missional church” sounds just about perfect to me, and in my opinion it’s a great catchword for churches and for Christians. But I’m a missionary organization leadership [...]

It shouldn’t surprise me after all this time, but it still does: most American Christians still don’t realize the need for missionary work in Europe. The urgent need is certainly very real there (meaning there aren’t many Christians or churches), and the door is open. And of course the command of the Lord to go [...]

Since we’re launching our GoConnect trips to Europe in a big way right now, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how mission trips have played an enormous role in my life. To be fair, I guess I’d have to say I was always theoretically, maybe theologically interested in missions. It’s hard to read the [...]

The jury is pretty much in now, and I think it’s fair to say that I’m permanently interested in missions, permanently consumed with reaching Europe with the message of hope in Jesus, permanently fascinated with all that’s involved in church planting in the countries of this awe-inspiringly complex continent. I’m also very interested in travel [...]