“Okay, who had Yellowstone supervolcano for June?" The year 2020 will undoubtedly go down in history as a year of turmoil. The internet is filled with this constant reminder, from fear-filled new stories to humorous memes placing each new bizarre “plague” on a betting...
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Rob Ketterling: The Marketplace is Ministry
https://youtu.be/PFpbuofX2FE This week we sat down with our good friend and board member, Rob Ketterling to talk about how the marketplace is ministry. It's easy to think that only the select few that get to "do ministry" are pastors and missionaries, but that's far...
Virtual Connections Will Never Replace the Power of Being Physically Present with Other People
A few years back I spent three days in Djibouti. Outside of the non-stop jokes that the pronunciation of this country’s name produces (they just write themselves, folks), our time on the Horn of Africa also gifted me one of my favorite stories to share over long...
Pessimism is Easy, But We Are People of Hope
Every NFL season, I embrace pessimism with a passion. Even when my Indianapolis Colts were rattling off perennial double-digit wins by mid-November during the Peyton Manning regime, I always assumed a gut-wrenching loss was imminent. It’s an emotional predisposition...
We are First and Foremost Image Bearers of God
I’ve defined myself a number of different ways over the course of my years on this earth. I will often open my speaking engagements by telling the audience I’m probably the most confused person in the room, yet they gave me the microphone. Here’s why. I started my...
Beauty From Ashes: How God is Redeeming the COVID-19 Pandemic to Free Trafficking Victims
Project Rescue ministers to helpless women and children who have been trapped in the sex trade by evil traffickers who trick them into moving to the cities with false promises of employment. But, for the first time in our lifetime, the sex trafficking industry is...
I Don’t Think I’m a Racist, But I Know I’m a Sinner
About three weeks into Indiana’s Coronavirus “Stay At Home” order, my 18-year old daughter and I were looking for (another) movie to watch. A few year’s back, I listened to the audiobook of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson’s powerful account of fighting to overturn...
Why Giving to Your Church Right Now Might Be More Important than Ever
Keep giving to your local church. Perhaps I’m the right one to say this as I have no direct personal upside from the conversation. What I do have is a deep belief in God’s Word, a love for the mission of God in the world, and a network of dear friends leading this...
VIDEO: How do you keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of your church?
How do you keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of your church? This week we talked with Adam Detamore who is the Lead Pastor at Realife Church in Greenfield, IN. We asked him why it's so important for him to keep Gospel centered missions at the forefront of...
How I’m Learning to Pray Better
The more we pray, the more our desires are shaped by God’s Spirit. The more our desires are shaped by God’s Spirit, the more our requests align with His will. The more our requests align with His will, the more we will see God answer when we call.
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In this episode, Konica Butler shares her powerful message at a Christian business breakfast. She emphasizes that marketplace skills are missionary skills and discusses how God finding her faultless has inspired her to serve others. Konica...
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