“Why story and storytelling?” Thomas Boomershine asked in his book Story Journey. “Story is a primary language of experience. Telling and listening to a story has the same structure as our experience,” he said. “The episodes of our lives takeRead more…
A Giving Network Makes Weekly Grants to Encourage Worldwide Awesomeness
Foundations come in all shapes, sizes, and missions, and the grants process for many is often similar. The foundation requests proposals, applicants submit them, and the foundation announces winners a few months later. And with many funders, that process mayRead more…
London’s Giving to grow place based giving throughout London
London’s Giving is a new network designed to inspire Londoners to give to charities tackling hidden poverty, inequality and isolation in their communities. Launched by London Funders and backed by City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charity, it also aims to helpRead more…
The Ecumenical Stewardship Center – A Network for Growing Stewards
The Ecumenical Stewardship Center in the US provides resources that encourage the development of generous giving and faithful stewardship as transformational spiritual practices for Christian faith communities and their leaders. Various resources can be ordered from the the webstore https://stewardshipresources.org/resources.Read more…
Asia rising
This Economist report examines the rise of Asia in engineering services, environmental technology, food processing, healthcare, oil/gas, and wholesale/retail. The report can serve as a ’template’ to see where the Christians can be placed into from corporations, cities, and countriesRead more…
Global Think Tank on Business as Mission
Dear Friends, We wanted to let you know about a new initiative for the Business as Mission (BAM) movement: the Global Think Tank on Business as Mission. The Think Tank aims to strengthen the global business as mission movement in allRead more…
Open Letter to Mission Leaders and Staff just published
Hi I’ve just posted this Open Letter on the major opportunities for digital evangelism that missions can be considering. Please give feedback on improving it, and please make it known any way you can. blessings Tony
Sure-fire ways to kill a partnership
With our work team’s global partnership experience of over forty years, we have come up with three sure-fire ways to kill a partnership. Call a meeting too early. Try to write a constitution. And Try to write a theological statement!Read more…
DID THE CHURCH PASS ON THE BATON IN EUROPE?
People reflect about their context of living and working from their local point of view where family, jobs, education, ministry and social life make the components of life. They take a natural interest into what is happening upstream in societyRead more…
Why Not Collaborate?
“I don’t know why they want to work together.” This quote is from an interview with a godly, very proactive missionary in Asia who has served God for decades in hard circumstances. Decades into ministry, this was his statement. IRead more…