The Ripple Effect of Everyday Work
Your everyday work has unseen Kingdom value. I guarantee it. I saw it firsthand this week in Eastern Europe. We were visiting a BAM (business as mission) project we support—meeting leaders, capturing video, interacting with customers, and witnessing the impact of a...
Alive in Christ: Every Nation, Tribe, and Tongue
I’m writing this week’s newsletter on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Brussels as the sun sets over the old city skyline. It’s beautiful. We’re here with a small group of Stone Table colleagues, shooting video and collecting stories for a portfolio of missions...
You Are Not God’s B-Team
Erik Cooper shares a story about his son’s journey to making the C Team in middle school basketball—a reminder of how so many marketplace believers feel about their role in God’s Kingdom. They see pastors and missionaries as the A Team, while they feel like B...
Ministry Isn’t Just For Pastors
During a recent trip to Springfield, Missouri, Erik Cooper found time to visit his 86-year-old aunt and uncle—faithful missionaries and bivocational pastors who have spent their lives serving Jesus without fanfare or headlines. As they reminisced, Erik was reminded of...