The Disciplemaker Team 
Congratulations, you speak Yiddish! Well, maybe not fully, but the odds are good that you’ve spoken it before, maybe without even realizing it. English is sprinkled with Yiddish phrases. (Quick Yiddish vs Jewish explanation). Go to Einstein’s Bagels, and you …
If not you, who? If not now, when? This was the challenge answered by Stephen Foreman and his wife, Emily, when they traded in their American white picket fence for a giant, dusty sandbox as missionaries in the deserts of …
At church every week, we see lots of adults leading everything from preaching and worship to Sunday school and youth group. It often makes us think that the Bible is full of adults too. That it’s a book for adults, …
Read moreAdults Run the Church, but Young People Fill the Bible . . .
Recently I was asked the question, “If you could invite any Bible character to have dinner with you, who would you choose?” I didn’t hesitate, but immediately responded, “Ruth, the Moabite.” Early in my journey with the Lord, I was …
This summer, just five days after two teenage terrorists in France killed Father Jacques Hamel during a Catholic Mass, more than 150 Muslims, in the spirit of fraternity, attended Masses throughout the country. Encouraged by their leaders, Muslims in Rouen, …
Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too—these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. But the exact day and hour? No one …
When most of us think of the relationship between our calendars and Jesus’ call to go and make disciples, it is usually in terms of our time management. We allot time for church activities, for example, or we plan to get …
Discipling others is a rugged journey that can be exhausting. Good structure can help grow the body of Christ. Can we grow disciples without burning out? YES. It doesn’t mean it will be easy, but it can be simple. It’s time …
9 Lessons Plants Teach Us About Sustainable Ministry I love gardening. It’s good for me. It grounds me, literally. As dirt squeezes its way below my fingernails, God squeezes his lessons into me. My garden has become a classroom for …