…unless you want your worldview messed up. Taster Teaching #1 | Covenant & Kingdom | Mike Breen from 3DM on Vimeo. Taster Teaching #2 | Spiritual Feudalism | Mike Breen from 3DM on Vimeo. Taster Teaching #3 | Cultural Earthquake | Mike Breen from 3DM on Vimeo.

Not my own original thoughts, unfortunately, but those of Carl Medearis, who is one of my missions heros and has influenced and articulated what is in our hearts a lot over the last few years. Carl has been working in the Middle East for many, many years and is refreshingly unorthodox in his methods and [...]

Just got back from our prayer retreat at the Christian Renewal Centre in Rostrevor. We had such a good time. We went down on Saturday morning and joined them for an all day prayer for Ireland event, which finished around 4pm. We then went for a walk, had dinner and spent the evening reading, praying, [...]

Really interesting post on Carl Medearis’ blog about what a missionary is.  Such a familiar conversation (not with our children, of course).  Highlight: I asked her what she thought we were doing while in Lebanon. Her answer was as shocking as it was insightful.  ”We were just living in Lebanon as regular people loving others [...]

Ange and I are reading a book called Red Moon Rising. It’s about the 24-7prayer movement and it’s really interesting. This passage really struck us and, strangely, gives me a lot of hope: J. Edwin Orr, a widely respected historian, in a message called “Prayer & Revival,” described the situation in America in the 1780s. [...]

For the last two years I’ve been spending time with a group a of Indianapolis pastors, facilitated by Loving Accurately Ministries. They have a weekly prayer meeting for pastors and meet monthly at the Broadripple Brewpub. I’ve learned so much from these guys, especially the guys that lead it – Geoff Wybrow, Jim Falk, and [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the underlying messages in our communication. For example, I can say something to my wife that sounds totally supportive, right and loving, but the message is “You need to change A and B for me to accept you” – which is neither loving nor supportive. The same principle [...]