Articles for Outreach & Missions

Elisabeth Elliot: Just Do the Next Thing

This advice from Elisabeth Elliot took me through numerous trials and countless days when I felt inundated and didn’t know what to do. Here's what you should know about doing the next thing.

5 Suggestions for Adding Structure to a Growing Organization

I think there is value in unstructured growth. We shouldn’t be afraid of growth we cannot understand. It’s messier, harder to contain, even uncomfortable...

Keeping the Creative Soul Pure

Nothing, I have found, murders the creative impulse in me quite like a lack of gratitude.

I Surrender

I have just completed my final Easter experience with my Cross Church Family. This past weekend was very difficult for me personally. After 33...

After Jim Elliot—the Good, Bad and the Ugly

Decades after their murder at the hands of an Amazon tribe, the legend of these five martyrs—Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, Roger Youderian and Ed McCully—continues to inspire.

3 Ways to Evaluate Your Body, Mind, and Soul

Is there anything that is currently with your body, soul or relationships that hurts.

Do You Have a Mutual Fund Faith?

When God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation, there were a lot of discouraging things Abraham could have thought about...

7 Critical Conversations That Will Boost Your Team’s Engagement

One of your most important jobs as a church leader isn’t casting vision—it’s creating clarity. People (even good people) naturally drift away from what’s most...