On one of the first mornings at Lausanne, we ate breakfast in the hotel cafe and struck up a conversation with a chap named Andy from the U.K. He is delightful and we discussed ministry, his writing, and life. Though we ate breakfast each morning in the same cafe, we...
I’m always fascinated by the church in Europe, because I believe they hold rich insights into where the church in America is heading. I recently shared dinner with a witty professor and vicar from England. I asked him the following: Knowing that the United...
Leif and I made our way safely to Capetown in a blur of time zones that leave us looking outside and wondering what time it is and whether or not it even matters. We’re staying at The Granddaddy Hotel—a mod hotel in downtown a few blocks from where the Lausanne World...
My friend, Rebecca, from Michigan recently introduced me to Petoskey stones: a combination of rock and fossil (fossilized coral) that formed through glaciation. She explains that sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, ground off the jagged edges, and left them...
My friend, Leonard Sweet, once noted that 79% of all Yale ministry graduates from 1702-1779 served one congregation all of their lives. The statistics highlights an earlier era where people served in the same ministry or job for their entire life. This was not only...
