Where to Look and What to Look For
Your genius unlocks your unique purpose. Someone else’s key won’t work. So how do you begin to discover what your genius is—or isn’t? Your answers to some core questions will be a good starting place.
Books
A Conversation With Steve Richardson
Jesus commissioned his people to bless the nations. Even in traditional cultures, I’ve never personally met someone who wished missionaries hadn’t come. I’ve met thousands of people who are thrilled that missionaries brought a message of salvation and hope.
Multiplication Through Service
We didn’t know it at the time but it turns out we were training our leaders right there. It was an opportunity for discipleship through serving we hadn’t anticipated, and we ended up serving 3,000 meals per day after that.
Join the Fiesta
The attention that justice has received in recent years is not a trend, but it can be traced to the pages of the Bible. Justice is grounded in the love of a triune God who time and time again shows his love and compassion for the poor, the vulnerable, the marginalized, and the disenfranchised.
Americans Believe Suicide Is Epidemic, Not Pathway to Hell
Religious beliefs and practice also play a role in attitudes toward suicide. Those with evangelical beliefs are more likely than those without evangelical beliefs to say suicide is selfish (48% v. 35%) and automatically leads to hell (39% v. 18%).
Love the Stranger
Once cleared by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the adult migrants the ministry serves arrive at a nearby bus station where they can catch a ride to their destination city. It is there that Navarro and his church greet the weary travelers.
Make Room for Young Leaders
Consider a plea for some older leaders not to get off the bus but to aggressively make room for young leaders at the front.
David Mathis: Workers for Your Joy
“Christ gives leaders to his people for their joy, which turns the world’s paradigm and suspicions about leadership upside down.”
Good News
My guess is that for most of us, this manifesto of Jesus’s kingship sounds attractive.
Rebecca McLaughlin: Confronting Jesus
“Jesus chose the cross so that the curtain could be torn and we could live eternally with him.”