SQJ Taipei

From a chapter called Mobilization: the Power of Letting Go comes this insightful quote that will certainly challenge some leaders. H. Dale Burke is the author and he is in the middle of making a point that most leaders actually manage more than they lead.
… let me suggest that you follow what I call the [...]

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My teammate Chad has taken our quest for a vehicle as a personal mission…
He sent us pictures of this vehicle for sale…
How much do you think we should offer for it?

THANKS FOR HELPING US LAUGH CHAD!

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I’m currently in Kansas City getting ready to board the plane for Charlotte and on to Baltimore and then drive to Gaithersburg, MD to visit a group of people from Journey’s Crossing church who are coming to visit us in November.
I’ll be talking with them tonight and then heading back to the airport and board [...]

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I know that many of you keep up with and pray for Mark Trotter over at Caring4Mark. I am sorry to bring you news that he passed away on the morning of September 10th.
The link to his family’s blog is the top outgoing link off of my blog so I know that many of you [...]

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We had been in the USA for exactly one week. We were at my parents’ house.
Angie let me sleep in a little bit that day. I must have woken up around 7:50 because the first thing I did was get on the internet to check the news. The Drudge Report was reporting a commuter plane [...]

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My guess is that some of you are here because of our recent email update reminding you of the blog. Welcome! I hope you like the blog and come back often… you can comment if you like.
I’ve blogged about Google Earth before. If you have it, you might like these 2 links which will give [...]

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I don’t know… you tell me.
What do the following people have in common?

a businessman
a yacht builder
a network administrator
a student
a felon
an EMT

I recently met together regularly with a group of men called by God to places like Afghanistan… Taiwan… Nepal… Uganda… Mexico… Indonesia… and these words describe them in some way. Only 1 is a Bible [...]

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Back in June I posted the following: 15 Things Every Missionary Needs
I took that list from the WorldVenture website… specifically from a page titled “PROVIDE MISSIONARY CARE“.
Here’s another list I appreciated from that same page. It has to do with Missionary Kids… and I appreciate it because we have 4 of them living with us [...]

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And I’m in the USA for it… this will be the first time I’ve been in the USA for the beginning of football season since 1998. Besides family… football season is what I miss most about living in the USA.
If you are a regular reader… you know I’m a big Nebraska Cornhusker fan.
I’ll get to [...]

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There are limitations to personality tests and the like (Keirsey, DISC, Myers-Briggs, etc)… but I do find them helpful in general… And I really like that they make me feel normal… or normally abnormal is probably more likely
I first took the Myers Briggs test back in early 1999 and I was impressed with [...]

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