A beautiful poem about reframing this time of crisis and how we can show up in the world as individual, parents, colleagues, and leaders….
Pandemic: A Poem for These Times

As mission agencies, local churches, and other ministries begin to explore partnering efforts across the boundaries of their organizations, two key questions often emerge: (1) How can you know when it is right to partner with other organizations in pursuit of a God-given vision? and (2) What can you do to make those partnerships successful? …
During a visit to an Asian country a few years ago, I happened to stroll down to the harbor along with some local friends. As we ventured out on to one of its piers overlooking the water, we noticed a solitary woman fishing, hunched over a single pole, its line descending into the murky depths below…
David Barrett and James Reapsome in their book, Seven Hundred Plans to Evangelize the World, identified lack of cooperation and collaboration between Christian organizations as the major hindrance to world evangelization. They write that two-thirds of all global evangelization plans are stand-alone, self-sufficient plans, each viewing itself as at the center of world evangelization…