“Daddy, I got a great idea,” my five-year old was beaming with joy. “What’s your great idea, Jonathan?” “We could all go to America for Christmas this year. Then, we could play in the snow.” “That’s a great idea, son.” I responded, searching for a creative way to tell...
Several years ago, I was in the States eating Mexican food with an old friend who was trying to start a new church. After months of prayer and hard work, the church was getting off to a slow start. People were staying away by the thousands. As I listened to their...
A few months ago, I took one of my sons to watch the South East Asia Games tennis finals at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila. At least 95% of the crowd packed into center court were cheering for Cecil Mamit, the Filipino who returned “home” from LA to win...
36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out...
Several years ago, in my endless quest to figure out how to grow a big church, I visited one of the largest churches in America. It seemed to have all the contemporary earmarks of a modern mega-church: massive buildings, beautiful people, professional logo,...
In the opening scene of the Hollywood blockbuster, “The Bourne Identity,” a fisherman spots actor Matt Damon floating in the ocean and pulls him into his boat. He soon finds that half-dead Matt has several bullet holes in his back. The fisherman digs the bullets out,...
