Sorry … no Jesus Jones video here. Right now I’m sitting in Gloria Jeans coffee Skyping with N. in Austria (and taking a picture of myself). He’s the founder/director of the Fellowship of Christian Refugees, which has recently opened a chapter in Nicosia. Together we’re disci...

Sitting in the IKEA cafeteria for our IFES team meeting today, we were discussing the most common objections we hear to the gospel among postmodern westerners - North Americans and Europeans. How can you believe in a God who allows so much evil in the world? How can you believe that a man (Jesus) is...

For a long time I’ve argued that trying to create a church without structure or institution is a waste of time and destined to failure. Lot’s of people have made a career (and money) from speaking/writing about what’s wrong with the contemporary church, but they’ve been less ...

Every week there are a handful of people who request copies of the sermon notes, and a few who receive them by email. A West African commented that he’s putting them together to use as a ministry resource when he returns to Africa. The others are mostly Asians who speak English as a second lan...

In spite of the fact that it’s a favorite of children, Noah and the flood is one of the most horrible stories in human history. God intentionally wiped out the entire human race and all living creatures with the exception of Noah, his immediate family, and the animals they could get in the ark...

Sunday night I was with a predominantly Nigerian church. Tonight was the Bulgarian house church. The issues, questions, and teaching styles have to change with each group. To begin the meeting this evening, I asked them to mention some things that they were thankful to God for from the past week. &#...

‘Who you are is more important than what you do.’  Tell that to your heart surgeon or airline pilot. In a recent blog post on authenticity, Seth Godin suggests that authenticity is ‘doing what you promise, not being who you are.’ Being can’t be judged or evaluated. Doi...

I don’t know if Elijah and Elisha drank whisky, but they would have made good subjects for a Johnny Walker ad. As the two walk from Gilgal to Bethel to Jericho across the Jordan and back again, the final days of Elijah are rich with lessons on multigenerational discipleship. The events are so ...

In the not-so-distant past this blog was known as ‘St. George the Dragonslayer.’ Since changing the name to ‘postmission’ the number of hits per day has dropped by about 10%. I guess that’s because there are a lot more Google searches for St. George than for postmission...

My first car was an early 80s Dodge Omni given to my by my dad when I went to college (the car in the picture isn’t it, but same model). The word omni means ‘all’ or ‘everything.’  We often use it as a prefix before words to describe the nature of God. God is omnipoten...