Across the Street and Around the World Blog

Watch this video of me explaining the meaning of Christmas to my fictional Hindu friend Gita in a 1-minute and a 10-minute answer.

Watch a video of me role-modeling how to explain the meaning of Christmas to your Muslim friends in a 1-minute and 10-minute pretend conversation.

Let’s take a walk through John 15, and a Brazilian countryside, as we explore which of three branches you are—and Jesus’ secret to spiritual fruitfulness.

I know that young girls think they are fighting for women’s rights when they fight for abortion. But in this Replay video, I answer questions I’m hearing from young women about the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, so they know how to REALLY fight for the rights of women…and why the abortion issue matters across the street and around the world.

A colleague who lives overseas told me something that bothered me. He shared how many spiritual conversations cross-cultural workers in his country had every week. And it got me thinking about how many WE have each week.

Watch me role model how to explain Easter to my Afghan International Student friends, when they asked me! (Hint: You can do this too).

What happens exactly the minute we die—during the in between time when we don’t yet have our brand new resurrection bodies to unite with our spirits? When we aren’t yet where we’re going to be living forever? Here are characteristics of the present Heaven.

When you read the Bible, ask, “If these words from God are true, how could I obey this? How could I live it out in my everyday life?”Try being SMART about it—Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Timely.

gotta say, this is one of the most comfortable interviews I’ve experienced as a guest on a show. Bucky Elliott just launched The E&E Show on his YouTube Channel and asked me to be a guest telling stories and equipping you with practical to-do’s on WHY and HOW to get out there and make your own international friends right where you live.

Want a jam-packed with insight five-minute video interview on how I found purpose across the street when I couldn’t go around the world? You’ll also get a peek into the church where our family worships in the round. Listen to my interview with our pastor Palmer Chinchen at The Grove—and then keep listening to his message too.

(Podcast Episode) Build your long-term global vision (especially if you’re a church) with short-term trips. How to do it strategically and intentionally.

My secret on how I travel for free (for purpose and pleasure) using travel hacking!

Part Two of a survey trip to a district in India with 3 million Muslims and Hindus, looking for a Proverbs 31 woman.

A distorted Theology of Women silences half the world—and stunts potential movements that could bring the Kingdom of God in a more full and complete way to the ends of the earth. Lofty and heavy words, I know. But let me explain. Can women teach men in church? What about those difficult passages?

Plan Your Short-Term Trip in One Day: A Tool to figure out the why, what, when, where, who, and how of your future short-term trip and how to make sure it fits into a long-term vision.

Listen in to an hour of stories and insight about going across the street and around the world with my friend and colleague Lisa at the Sunshine Cafe!

Take the Global Challenge Refugee Rations and eat oatmeal, flour, beans, and rice for five days while you pray for refugees around the world.

Read a new book I highly recommend called The Multipliers Mindset: Thinking Differently About Discipleship by Cynthia Anderson to move from few results to greater fruitfulness in the Kingdom.

Sign up for the free one-hour training live on Zoom  Friday, April 13 at Noon Central Time called How to Run a Fun and Fruitful Small Group Training (Using Inviting Muslims to Follow Jesus Course). COME if you really need to see how you could facilitate a small group training in-person with your friends might work and hear from me personally.

Enrollment to the course that shows you how to make disciples of the nations near you—with confidence, courage and authenticity—so that least reached people have a CHANCE to know Jesus, through you.

Listen to an interview with three course creators who went BIG, enrolled in Digital Course Academy, and are creating and launching three courses called Broken to Beautiful, Foundations for Fertility, and Hearing God’s Voice.

My story of God’s faithfulness and provision — and how a yes stepping into the figurative waters of the Jordan river turned into God parting a $2,000 path to reaching thousands of people. AND a special INVITE to create your own digital course to impact SO MANY that’s only available ONCE A YEAR (until September 15, 2022).