Articles for Outreach & Missions

AI Is OK (Sort Of)

I, for one, welcome our robot overlords. Not really. But the technological revolution about to shake the world has a great deal of good...

You Believe the Prosperity Gospel

You believe the prosperity gospel. We all do, actually. Or, at least, we all believe some version of it at various points in our lives....

Prison: Fixing the Revolving Door

Healthy communities produce healthy offspring. By developing vibrant, hospitable, engaged communities, we replace the revolving door with a wide open door of opportunity. One neighborhood at a time.

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.