Some famous and important person once said: “leaders are readers”. Or was it, “readers are leaders.” Whatever. The point is that if we want to be good leaders, then we probably should read more than the sports page and the dessert menu. Here are the top 5 books that...
We started the afternoon session of our Asia IMT meeting with a report about our orphanage on the China border that cares for North Korean refugees. Before the 1995–1999 famine, the population of North Korea was 26 million. The current population is estimated to be...
Last night I made a Christmas memory I hope I never forget. I went with my 18 and 16 year old sons to a Christmas party for about 400 “at risk youth” and their families. It was sponsored by Nashville’s Youth Life Learning Center and included kids and staff from all...
There are parts of the Bible I don’t like. Sometimes I wish I could edit some verses out, or pretend they were never written. I have been wrestling with some of those verses for the past two weeks—since I read the Joseph story for the millionth time. I had never...
We have been involved in campus ministry the whole 23 years we have lived in Manila. Since a vast majority of Filipino students are financially underprivileged, to do campus ministry in Manila is to minister to the poor. Dr. Joey and Tess Castro are the driving force...
I seem to be constantly bumping into this “ends & means” concept lately. As our ministry has transitioned to a “Policy Governance” model of management, the idea of ends & means has been a never-ending discussion. In the PG model executives must focus on ends...
