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We Will Be Forgotten…Eventually
We Will Be Forgotten...Eventually And that might be the most freeing truth you hear today I was at a meeting recently where the speaker dropped a sober truth bomb right into the middle of the room: “There is going to come a day—sooner than I want to admit—where...
DO YOU KNOW JESUS THIS WAY?
DO YOU KNOW JESUS THIS WAY? We’re Not Exporting Another Self-Improvement Program I flew straight from North Africa to Washington DC for the inaugural AGWM Gospel Access Conference. There’s no better way to beat jet lag than immersing yourself in global...
Business, Brokenness, and the Gospel: When Work Becomes Witness
I’m sitting on the roof of a hotel in North Africa as I write this, watching the sunrise over a city of millions with only 60–70 known followers of Jesus. The call to prayer will sound here in just a few minutes filling the air with one of the most...
The Approval Trap – Fear That Shaped My Faith for Years
I got out of a toxic relationship. It was with God. I do not say that for shock value. It is simply the most honest way I know how to describe it. For a long time, my inner life with God functioned like a relationship where love had to be earned. Approval could...
What Happened to the Epic Story I Was Going to Write?
I loved writing stories when I was a kid. Somewhere in my parents’ attic, there are probably decades-old blue-lined spiral notebooks filled with epic handwritten tales of knights and dragons, illustrated with my double-decker super-pack of 64 Crayola colored...
The Long Obedience
My childhood pastor, Tom Paino, just died at 101 years old. The passing of this spiritual giant has stirred some powerful memories in me. Just last year, Pastor Tom called and asked me to come over to his apartment for a visit. Pastor Tom was always bigger than...
There are Missionaries in our Business Schools
I recently spoke to a class of senior marketing students at Indiana Wesleyan University. The professor is a new friend and a member of one of The Stone Table's church partners. He asked me to share about Business as Mission (BAM) as a way to open these students' minds...
God Will Most Definitely Give You More Than You Can Handle
There's a self-soothing saying I've heard for most of my life: "God will never give you more than you can handle." It's a bit of psychological gamesmanship, a way of shoring up our courage when we are facing a difficult season – I can do this! If God allowed it, I...
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What the Bible Actually Says About Calling, Vocation, and Your Career
Your Job Is Not Your Calling (And That's the Most Liberating Thing You'll Ever Hear) Most Christians have been handed the wrong map for understanding their work. Here's the one that actually leads somewhere. The Mix-Up That's Costing You Everything When a pastor...
The Weight of Monday | Panel Discussion
Most Christians assume their work is secular. These three marketplace believers prove that the sacred-secular divide was never real to begin with.
The Weight of Monday | Bill Tibbetts Keynote
Your Work Is Holy Ground: The Biblical Case Against the Sacred-Secular Divide The sacred-secular divide has shaped how Christians think about work and calling for nearly a century. Here is where it came from and the theology that tears it down. The Guilt Most...







