As we celebrate the 4th of July, of course we're going to reflect on all that's good about America. We have a rich Christian heritage and we've fo...
One of my leaders called up yesterday asking for advice. One of his staff members had visited one of our bases where every week, hundreds of young peo...
This blog belongs with my earlier series on debriefs. 18 years ago after a really difficult and mistake-filled mission project that I led, one of t...
God has built us to grasp His reality through glimpses of His magnificence in creation and in the grace He pours out in our lives. I was 11, my fat...
Because God manifests His grace through people to people, because His primary modus operandi in the realm of humans is to partner with us rather than ...
One of the ways to head off conflilct on a mission project is to establish some basic relational precepts in advance. Keep these, preserve the uni...
The missions agency I run, AIM, seeks to minimize the risk inherent in any mission venture. We also seek to fully disclose the level of known risk on ...
William Wilkie asks: Why don't we debrief college students periodically? Should we conduct periodic debriefing for children? When should the Body o...
In my never-ending quest to equip you, my faithful readers, I've come across a good debriefing resource. The IMB has a web-site called The Task fo...
Once when I was 29, my mother asked me if I perhaps I would benefit from a mentoring relationship with an older man. I brushed her off, not really con...
