So there’s a homeless guy that you see around town pretty often. One day, he approaches you on the street, asking for money. You compassionately give him a couple bucks. You know, the “least of these” and all that. The very next day, you see that same homeless guy sitting on a park bench, obviously drunk, with a beer in [...]

Seth Godin says that all marketers are liars. If that’s true (I think it is), then whoever produces those infomercials is the worst of them. I’ve never seen an infomercial that didn’t insult our intelligence at every level- from the poor “acting” to the pseudo-talkshow format, it just reeks of disingenuousness. The worst part of an infomercial isn’t the lie [...]

I’ve spent quite a bit of time talking with leaders of small, nontraditional churches in major urban centers in the United States. Many of them are just getting started in ministry and planting churches. I understand that starting a church takes time and energy. So when I ask these guys about their vision for involvement in international missions, their answers [...]