Looking forward to the opportunity to speak at Thorn Creek Church this evening. Thorn Creek is a small but spirited congregation in South Holland, Illinois (a south suburb of Chicago). Kristin grew up in this church; and we were married here almost 5 years ago (it has a special place in our hearts)! We’re looking [...]
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February 24, 2010
What Would Jesus Hate…
I got a chance to speak at West Side Christian Church (Springfield, IL) on Sunday. We were loved and welcomed by this generous congregation (Thanks, West Side!). I (Brett) was interviewed by Eddie (the lead pastor) during the message, which you can listen to online HERE. Scroll down slightly to find the sermon from 2/21, [...]
February 8, 2010
Round Trip Missions
Found some great resources at Round Trip Missions, a ministry of Christianity Today that’s helping the church rethink how we do short-term missions. There is some great stuff here about the church’s philosophy and approach to short-term missions (an experience shared by nearly 2 million Americans every year!). Short-term mission teams have been invaluable to [...]
October 7, 2009
Hope in Europe
The church is not dead in Europe. In fact, God is doing some exciting things here in regards to evangelism and church planting. Dave Ferguson, from Community Christian Church, recently blogged about his time coaching/training church planters in Europe. It’s encouraging to see what active, mission-oriented churches are doing in Europe (see here, here, and [...]
June 15, 2009
Refugee Week 2009
Beginning today and culminating with “Refugee Sunday” on June 21, we’re officially observing refugee week here in Athens. It’s simply a time to raise awareness about refugees and refugee issues. Would you try something new this week? Visit the following site - HERE – and pick one activity to do this week with your family, [...]
May 6, 2009
Spring Retreat 2009
Tomorrow morning we’ll load up a rented van and head west for a 3-night retreat near Patras, Greece. As a team, we will study the Word, praise God together in song, pour out of hearts to God in prayer, and – of course – have some fun along the way. Typically, our team schedules two [...]
April 29, 2009
Patras Camp
The refugee situation in Patras is quite bad. Perhaps you remember my visit last month (story and pics). The government has promised action, but so far the bureaucracy and bickering has stalled any actual movement. Now the government has a new plan that will have the illegal camps bulldozed by the end of May.
Would you [...]
April 22, 2009
The Mission is God’s
Here’s a great quote from a book that I’m currently working through, The Mission of God, by Christopher J.H. Wright (pg. 62):
Mission is not ours; mission is God’s. Certainly, the mission of God is the prior reality out of which flows any mission that we get involved in. Or, as has been nicely put, it [...]
March 23, 2009
Patras Update
A few people have asked for an update concerning the situation in Patras. So, here’s the latest:
Last Saturday, I trekked back to Patras along with three teammates in order to talk with the local Greek Free Evangelical Church about the refugee situation there (we also picked up a two carloads of supplies that they were [...]
December 29, 2008
Unleashing the Church
“The local church is the hope of the world,” as Bill Hybels has said. I must agree. God has ordained His Church to take Christ both to our neighbors and the nations. Our ministry in Athens understands the importance of partnering with local churches to carry out the Great Commission (Mat. 28:18-20). [...]
