Africa Trip Update:  My Week in Addis Ababa

Africa Trip Update: My Week in Addis Ababa

Today, I want to share some highlights of my whirlwind week in Addis Ababa from February 18-24.  (Next week I’ll share about my current activities in Lusaka, Zambia.) This was my first time back in Ethiopia since Marilyn and I completed our missionary service at the...
Leaving for Addis Ababa this Sunday

Leaving for Addis Ababa this Sunday

One of the places where I hope the Lord can use my new professional coaching ministry is Africa. With the fastest growing churches in the world, the leadership challenges and need for increasing leadership capacity in Africa are urgent needs. God willing, I hope to...
21 Powerful Reasons for Intentional Listening

21 Powerful Reasons for Intentional Listening

Listening well is a dying art. Yet all of us love it when someone listens well to us! If you want to show others you value them—especially in modern American society—simply listen to them! Listening is one of the great healing arts.   I’ve curated the following list...
“Happy,” “Fun” and the Miracle of Words

“Happy,” “Fun” and the Miracle of Words

Last month we hosted Naya, our (almost) two-year-old granddaughter, for her first sleepover at our house. The next morning my wife asked if she’d like pancakes for breakfast.  “Yeeaahhh” she replied.  Then immediately, “Dip it!  Dip it!” Her parents usually gave her a...
God at Work in Zambia

God at Work in Zambia

Over the past four weeks, I had the privilege of meeting some of the people God is using to transform Africa.  I don’t use the word “transform” lightly. Consider:  the fastest growth in the number of Christians over the past century has been in sub-Saharan Africa.  In...
Interested in Making a Difference?

Interested in Making a Difference?

As I prepare this week to leave to teach in Zambia for the next three weeks (I invite you to read more about what Marilyn and I will be doing in my recent newsletter), I’m glad to welcome my friend Bob Logan to offer this guest post about his new book, The...
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