Ministry to Internationals
I love working with internationals! Our stories are unique, resilient and inspiring! When you think about it, we all began our journey from a different place but God allows us to spend seasons of our life in Europe to be…
Don’t Stop Believing!
It doesn't matter if we're talking about tragic world events, refugees entering into the continent or the secular European trying to make sense of life, everyone needs hope that tomorrow will be better than today. It's a fundamental need for…
Best Practices for Staff and Strategic Volunteers
This week I was talking with one of our FEIC pastors about best practices so I thought it would be good for us to remind ourselves of some principles related to job descriptions for staff and strategic volunteers. Whether you're…
Margins…. again!
You may have noticed but I have spoken on the theme of "margins" several times over the last year. Part of the reason is because of it's great importance and part of the reason is because I need to do…
Supportive Relationships
Last week my wife and I have had the opportunity to spend time with friends and missions supporters. These relationships run deep and remind us of the network of people that God has placed in our lives to help us…
Announcing 2016 FEIC Summit Plans
The 2016 FEIC Summit is set for October 17-20th in Bratislava, Slovakia. Register now by clicking on this LINK http://feic.org/summit/2016-summit/registration/http://feic.org/summit/2016-summit/registration/ SUMMIT DETAILS ARRIVALS - A shuttle will run on Monday, October 17th from Vienna (VIE) Airport to Hotel Bratislava between…
Affirmation
This week I spent time talking with some refugees about the seasons of life and challenges that make us stronger. As we talked about their journey, I was reminded of the importance of our words of affirmation. Being a typical…
Collective Calling
I’ve had the opportunity this week to spend some time talking with friends across Europe about our collective calling and how we can better work together to reach "today's Europe" as we establish faith based communities. It's obvious we are…