The students in the conference center had just sat down after worshiping God through music. Seth Irby, the worship leader, now taught them from Isaiah 6. As Seth walked them through Isaiah’s awe-inspiring vision of God’s presence filling the temple, he challenged the students to relate it to the purpose of worship. Seth’s passion for […]
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First Field Test for “Students Reaching Students”
The training material I helped edit recently called Students Reaching Students is now being field-tested at Taylor University. (Those of you outside the midwest may not know that Taylor is a prestigious non-denominational Christian liberal arts college here in Indiana.) A small group of students is going on a school-sponsored mission trip to Ecuador during […]
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“Students Reaching Students”
In July I spent a week in Colorado attending Cru’s U.S. staff conference. The theme of the conference was “WITH” – connecting WITH God WITH one another as staff members from different backgrounds and ethnicities WITH people who don’t know Jesus as their Savior WITH other ministries outside of Cru to partner in the work […]
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Equipping Aussie Missionaries
One of the most rewarding parts of my job is helping missionaries from all over the world grow as communicators. In May we sent communication coaches to Australia to teach curriculum that I helped write and edit. Power to Change (Cru’s Australian ministry) handpicked a group of influential staff members to receive our training. Teresa, […]
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Comm Lab 2017
Just one week after the end of the three Big Break conferences I worked at in Panama City Beach during March, I headed up another week-long conference in Orlando. This was our annual Comm Lab, held this year in Orlando from April 3-7. Compared to the hundreds of college students who attended each week of […]
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