AMBITION: To Preach The Gospel Where Christ Is Not Known
The theme of the recent Acts 29 Boot Camp in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted by Sojourn Community Church, was ambition. Simply knowing how to plant and lead a church is not enough. Knowledge must come hand-in-hand with God-given ambition.
A Gospel Centered Reader
written by Matt Adair A Gospel-Centered Reader Tim Brister and I have only been in the same room once (St. Louis in the fall of 2008) but I really appreciate the work he does on his blog and have enjoyed our interactions over the phone and through Twitter – plus, he shares an appreciation for [...]
Burning Vapor Said a Different Way
I have been working on some posts to update everyone on the most recent events of our lives, and I’m almost ready to begin posting again. One of the things that has been burning inside me is the thought of challenging and encouraging others to live their lives as a burning vapor. This video is [...]
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Back in the fall we were trying to figure out a way for us to move to the South with a job. I was working for a non-profit at the time, so one of the possibilities was to start a branch office in GA. This is a fairly common practice for the type of business [...]
Culture Shock
The culture shock has been sudden and slow. Let me explain. On one hand it is sudden – southern drawl, sweet tea, the obvious diversity in population, hot humid weather and family. On the other hand it is slow – trying to acclimate to a religious society after living in a secular society for 15 [...]
17 Hours
After a year of praying, planning, talking and dreaming – Jennifer and I finalized the last details to move our family back to the South after a 15 year absence. It honestly felt like we were moving to a new mission field and not necessarily moving ‘back home’ since we had never lived in the [...]
The American Dream
One afternoon I was having a conversation with a friend of mine over lunch . He was talking about how we waste our lives in America pursuing things that really don’t matter. With tears in his eyes he said, “I’m 63 years old and I know I’m getting closer and closer to the end of [...]
To Answer a Question
Introducing Grace Giving International A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ~ Francis Bacon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~ Francis Bacon To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. ~ Jonathan Edwards ..yet you do not know what tomorrow will [...]
Together for Adoption
Many of you wanted to hear about my time at the conference. You can listen to the messages that I listened to below. Dan Cruver gave the best message (in my opinion) on the purpose of the conference and I would recommend it to everyone. Conference Audio
Into the Light
Read more about this new documentary here.
In the City, For the City through The Gospel
As we prepare to move to Macon, GA to help with a church plant, we have primarily looked at houses in the city. My hope and prayer is that the Lord will provide a home for us in the heart of the city and we will be able to sell our home in Spokane. We [...]
I’m Home!
Wow!! What a whirlwind of a trip! Noah and I left Spokane 16 days ago on Oct. 19th for a two week+ tour of the South. Here was our timeline: Oct. 19th – Spokane to St. Louis Oct. 20th – 22nd – LEAD Conference Oct. 23rd – Breakfast with Laz, Tin, Drummer and 2 other [...]
Answering the ‘Why?’ for You and Me.
Why? It’s an easy question to ask and a much more difficult question to answer. Why are we moving to Georgia? I have been asking that question more and more lately. I have been asked that question often lately and it is often accompanied by a shocked and confused expression. I think my asking is [...]
New City Fun
As many of you know, we will be leaving Spokane and headed ‘home’ after 15 years of exile. The church that we will end up at is doing some amazing things in order to reach the community of which they are in. Tonight you can watch a live event as they get ready to welcome [...]
LEAD, in the Church, for the City
So, as most of you know, the McConnell’s are in the process of packing up and moving to Georgia. Our departure date is scheduled loosely around the end of December, beginning of January. We are still trying to figure out where we are going to spend Christmas But there are things that need to happen [...]
BIG NEWS!!!
On Friday we will be announcing some very, very BIG news. If you just can’t wait you can give me a call on my cell phone and I may be pursuaded to give you a sneak peek…otherwise, hold on to your seats. I have included some tags to give you a hint at the coming [...]
Famine Has Returned to Ethiopia
No Food in Drought-Hit Ethiopian Regions, UN Official Says A malnourished child waits for food aid in the southern Ethiopian town of Shashamane, 06 Jun 2008 The United Nations is sounding another alarm about severe food shortages in Ethiopia, where tens of thousands of children are facing starvation. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports [...]
Uganda, Kenya & Sierra Leone
The Internet is an AMAZING thing! I have only been working at Kingdom Kids for a couple of months, but have corresponded via email with people from every one of these countries and more (Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa). At last count there are 143 million orphans in the world and there are ministries springing up [...]
Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds
Hold on to your seats, Tom Davis comes out swinging and he rightly should. He starts the Introduction in his new book, “Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds” with the following paragraph: AN APOLOGY… The Christian church owes an apology to the almost fiftymillion individuals in our world currently infected with HIV/AIDS. Those of [...]
A Walk to Beautiful
A good friend, Terri Bade, asked if I had seen the PBS special last night on Ethiopia. I missed it, but we can watch it via PBS’ site. Above is a preview to the documentary and you can click here to watch the show. I will also mention that there is a book based on [...]
