This past week, I had the opportunity to take a couple of days vacation in New York City with my wife and another couple. We had a great time seeing all the sites, and experiencing the city. And on our first day there, we took in the show STOMP... you know, the show that features rhythmic people usi...

Today is DAVE GIBBONS day here at MMI. Dave has written a great new book called The Monkey and the Fish. The Monkey and the Fish decodes profound shifts and events taking place in the world today due to globalism, multiculturalism and technology, and introduces an original approach to ministry, chur...

Mark and Kay Update March 4, 2009 http://www.markandkay.com Greetings in the Name of Jesus! What an amazing weekend we just had with our CarePoint youth leaders – all 35 of them! The theme was all about encountering God, and that’s what we all did – in a real and impacting way. Each of the you...

James MacDonald writes, "Why does it seem that most of the people talk talk talking about reaching the culture are doing such a meager job of it. Why is it that from frustrated old college professors to angry young mega church haters, the vast majority of people waxing eloquent about their passion t...

Via a discussion on LinkedIn yesterday, I discovered an article, written by management consultant Stephen Jones of Clear Vision Consulting, for the Arab Times, in which he draws an analogy to a ship captain encountering a very bad storm at sea. Jones writes: "A local Kuwait businessman related a sto...

It all happens on Friday (February 20) at 1:15 EST (12:15 Central) right here... 7 Days of Servolution is churches from all over the world coming together to express the love of Christ to the people in their communities through simple acts of kindness and generosity. From April 3rd through the 9th w...

Larry Osborne writes in the newest edition of Catalyst Monthly: As a young pastor I had the idea that God calls every Christian to do great things. My faith heroes were all mountain-moving, charge-the-hill spiritual warriors. I assumed full submission to Jesus would transform anyone into a spiritual...

Carmine Coyote writes: "Given the number of mistakes most of us make, you would think we would quickly learn how to do better. Mistakes involve pain, embarrassment and loss—things no one likes to experience—yet many are more or less easily preventable. Saying that human beings are imperfect is tru...

Are you tired? You know... weary in well-doing? Do the ministries you helped create, now seem to bog you down? Do the things that once made you excited now make you exhausted? If so... you're not alone. Wayne Cordeiro writes in his new book "Leading on Empty": "For over thirty years my drive for exc...

"Shame!" says President Obama to lard-slurping CEO's. And yet, many wonder. . . What could posses the head of a sinking multi-billion dollar firm to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to remodel a bathroom in the executive suite? What could possess a multi-billionaire t...