mambo sawa sawa

I just returned from Nairobi, Kenya, where I spent time training the pastors and management staff of Mission of Hope International.  They believed I was there to teach them. I knew I was there to learn. And I did.  Here are two lessons, gifts really, I was given and am still processing…

“my nearest machinery for sacred service”

This week I’m in Kenya teaching my course, Self-Care and Self-Leadership in Pastoral Ministry, to the pastors and staff of Mission of Hope International. Here’s a small excerpt…

Returning to Kenya

  I’m excited about my upcoming return mission to Kenya.  The Lord has opened a door of opportunity for me to further the work we began last January. I and a team from my church will again minister to residents of one of the worst slums on the planet, the Mathare Valley of Nairobi.

Book Review: Going Deep by Gordon MacDonald

How can church leaders proactively develop mature followers of Christ who are well-equipped to lead the church into the future? This is a question I spend my days and nights seeking to answer, and one Gordon MacDonald attempts to answer in this book. He summarizes his motivation to write Going Deep in its preface:

The most ridiculous thing I ever do

I really should know better.  And I’m embarrassed to admit that I still do this.  But the fact is, I do. When my to-do list gets too long, or I have to deal with a difficult person, or I’m working through some significant challenges, or circumstances aren’t going the way I wish they would, I [...]