What to do when you are not as fruitful as you hoped?
I love our Youth With A Mission (YWAM) tribe. I love that we are constantly looking for new ways to do new things. We send out waves of young people optimistically looking for our powerful and wonderful God to do powerful and wonderful things. We want to reach the least, the last and the lost. […]
Keys to Pioneering and Fruit Bearing
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines, in part, a pioneer as “a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development.” For us, as Youth With A Mission (YWAM), pioneering can mean birthing something completely new or redefining something that is or […]
How long, Lord?
Almost six months after the start of lockdown in Europe, we still have no clear answer to the psalmist’s question, ‘How long, Lord?’ (Ps. 13). A matter of weeks, we first thought; then conceded that it could take months before ‘normality’ would return. Now we hear it could be years before we return to our […]
Making Jesus Lord
Laying down rights is a concept foreign to our culture, indeed a concept foreign to the very nature of humankind. We live in a world where the protection and exaltation of individual rights has become an obsession.
Is That Really You, God?
Loren Cunningham’s dream began with a vision–waves of young people moving out across the continents announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Right Relationships
Tom Marshall from New Zealand used to teach in YWAM schools, LTSs and conferences in the 1970’s and 80’s.
He had a strong prophetic teaching gift and became a blessing to many. This book, one of his last, reveals the power of relationships expressed by four dynamics: trust, love, respect & honour as well as understanding.
Reinventing Organisations
Loren Cunningham had a “download from the Lord” in 2010—Circles, Circuits and Cycles.
The circles referred to leading from and with teams. I couldn’t see how that would work locally, though we implemented it above local level. Now I think he was seeing something that was at least a decade away—as he sometimes does.
The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham
If you want direct access to the spiritual inheritance of Billy Graham and the modern evangelical movement, The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham provides key insight, how to build a leadership team and a public ministry in godly manners.
The Generous Apple – You decide the ending……
It was a hot day. So hot that Jon and his sister Naomi found themselves walking through the busy market-place dreaming of ice-cold fruit platters on silver trays. As they wondered where they could find such royal food, they stumbled upon the fruit seller’s stand and to their delight, right in front of them was…
Why the Spiritual Life requires us to Wake Up
This Series explores why awareness is crucial to our Christian growth, and ways to cultivate spiritual alertness.
1. Why the Spiritual Life requires us to Wake Up
2. Factors that Mitigate against Awareness
3. Engaging our 5 Senses to Develop Awareness
4. Getting in Touch with our Feelings
“The spiritual life starts with awareness”
Dr. David Benner