Why marketplace missions? 4.13 billion reasons

September 23, 2019September 21, 2019Leave a comment

During the month of September, Go. Serve. Love is pretty hyped to share stories and thoughts from MDE, an organization providing business, vocational, missional, and personal services to fellow believers who want to make money and make disciples in unreached communities.

In light of the 4.13 billion unreached–and the need for the solution of an equal size–-MDE is looking for Christians who truly want to be in the workplace, either as employees or entrepreneurs, and who truly want to be intentional about developing authentic relationships. read more

“Is Support-Raising More Efficient if I Present to a Large Group?”

June 19, 2019June 17, 2019Leave a comment

Say you’ve got a fundraising trip scheduled to an area with lots of personal contacts–but not that much time. Would it be better to have a large dinner or dessert? You could present to a church and ask them for members to support. You could present to a Sunday School class. Bada-bing, bada-boom. Done.

What’s the best option? read more

The Cultural Iceberg and Identity: Collectivist vs. Individualistic Societies

April 12, 2019April 22, 2019Leave a comment

We’re excited to welcome back Sheri of Engineering Ministries International for her final post of her invaluable three-part series on “cultural icebergs”.

EMI mobilizes architects, engineers, construction managers, and other design professionals–including those through an incredible internship program–to provide design services for those helping the poor. We’re talking water projects, hospitals, schools, orphanages, you name it. Meanwhile, they raise up disciples and trained professionals in-country. read more

Crossing Cultures: Adding More Pieces to Your God-Puzzle

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018Leave a comment

One of the fun parts of going overseas? Seeing new layers of your family show up.

When we first moved, my then-two-year-old–just a toddler–showed himself as one of our primary cultural ambassadors. read more

HE SAID/SHE SAID. YOU SAY? “WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU’D KNOWN BEFORE YOU WENT?” PART II

November 6, 2018November 8, 2018Leave a comment

Missed Part I? Grab it here!

“I wish I’d known how hard it really is.”

I would have gotten more cross-cultural training, especially focused on the culture to which I was going. I would have taken more time in language learning. But most of all, I needed realistic expectations.

Working in a foreign field is the same as being in a war. I know: I’ve fought in both. And the similarities are striking.

There is not much glorious about warfare. It may look exciting on TV or in the movies, but in the trenches it’s a lot of hard work. And the enemy has ambushes everywhere. Often you can’t tell the enemy from the friendly. And your friends get injured and killed. It hurts. read more

Raising Support for Long-term Global Work: Voices from Around the Web

September 18, 2018September 18, 20184 Comments

Support-raising can mess with your head.

Yes, it can feel a little…naked. Yes, it can be awkward and revealing and exhausting. read more

Throwback Thursday #4: On the Differences that Divide Us

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018Leave a comment

There are times in cross-cultural work–in those nuanced, complicated relationships–that the differences dividing us seem simply too overwhelming. How can we possibly connect when we can’t even agree on that?

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