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Connecting the Mobile Dots

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Chris Sleath is a Brit, that lives in Texas and is the Director Of Virtual Movements for Africa and the Middle East. One of the things I love about working for CCCI is that this isn’t all that odd ball a mix around here. Virtual movements or virtually led in CCCI speak are [...]

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Coming, Going and Living

Monday, October 12th, 2009

I’ve been a slacker on keeping this site up to date. Once the kids got back into school things got a lot busier. September slipped right on by and October is going too fast. God has been good and everyone is doing well. A lot of my time has been spent [...]

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God’s Strategy

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The Bible says that God’s wisdom is at odds with what humans consider wise. I don’t think many Christians really believe that is true. We are often after a God that is after what we want for ourselves. I know I fall into that line of thought on a regular basis. [...]

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Going Mobile

Monday, June 15th, 2009

The title of this post has kind of a double meaning for me, as we’ll be hitting the road here soon, for a busy summer that includes a decent amount of travel. But what I’m thinking about specifically are mobile devices – phones.
I’ve seen different numbers showing mobile penetration world wide at something like [...]

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Leading with Information

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Our President Steve Douglas has asked us as staff to ask, “How are we doing?” Ministry is interesting because it does not fit nicely into a set of objective criteria. We are about watching God do a supernatural work in the lives of people. At the same time, we are stewards of [...]

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Cool Time To Be Alive

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

I’m in Mexico helping staff to use a new on-line tool that will really help ministry. This morning I helped believers in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with information and tools on how to share they faith. I did that via email. So amazing. Not only am I involved in global missions [...]

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What holds us back?

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

On our staff web site there is a section where staff can ask Steve Sellers, our VP for the Americas/Oceania, questions about pretty much anything. Then every few days they post a new question along with the answer. I checked today and here is the question and answer. The emphasis at the [...]

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Connections – Part Three

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

This is part 3 – If you missed them, here are Part 1 and then Part 2.
Wikipedia says that Web 2.0 is “… a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users.” There is [...]

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Connections – Part 2

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

This is part 2 of a series, where I am sharing some of my thoughts about missions and technology. If you missed it, you can start with Connections – Part 1. To summarize what I said there, it is basically a summary of how recently I feel that God has led me into [...]

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Lift Up America

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

In business you hear a lot about synergy. Well let me share with you about synergy within the ministries of Campus Crusade. What do you get when you team up Impact XXI, the Global Aid Network, Athletes in Action, Here’s Life Inner City, and some key Christian Businessman? You get Lift Up [...]

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