Unless you’re a night owl, you’re probably reading this on Monday…but it’s still Sunday night in Chicago as I’m typing this before heading to the airport for the first leg of my journey home.  At any rate, since I was here in Turkey and know absolutely nothing about what happened at CLC today, I’m asking [...]

Well, my last assignment is complete and I’m ready to come home….but this morning’s service in Ankara was a great way to finish the trip.  I had felt impressed to share a teaching I did at CLC last year during our “Heroes” series, specifically the one about how God wants to use us in the [...]

It’s amazing how much of life is spent waiting, isn’t it?
Yesterday after the Front Line Shepherd’s Conference was completed in Istanbul, I was ready to go.  But I had to wait in the hotel for our transportation to the airport.  Then I had to wait at the airport for my flight.  When I arrived in [...]

Whew!  We just wrapped up the final session and said our goodbyes….it was an emotional time as these precious pastors and leaders really have a way of getting into your heart.  We did 4 sessions this morning and then Rick and I prayed blessings upon each of them….but after we had finished, Pastor Ihsan invited [...]

Just wrapped up the final session here at the Global Advance conference in Istanbul, Turkey, and I’m ready to call it a day!  Here are a few thoughts before I hit the sack:

Attendance surpassed all expectations, as we now have 90 leaders registered! (compared to 61 just last year!)
Really enjoying hanging out with Mark & [...]

A CLCer recently asked, “Why are there so many bible translations? Is anyone of them better than the other? Which translation is your favorite one? Which translation would you recommend people to read?”
Great questions!  Let’s take them one at a time:

Until 1881 you could only read the Bible in English in the King James Version, [...]

A faithful CLCer wrote: In my prayer team at work a question was asked, “Does God only want us to pray for something one time or can we keep asking until we get an answer?”
First, I love the fact that you have a prayer team at work!  Secondly, this is a great question that [...]

Well, the first day of our Global Advance conference here is history…and already we have more people participating than last year (I think 82 was the number today), although I haven’t seen several of the pastors I met last year when we were here.
We started late as the leaders were delayed in arriving, so I [...]

I know it seems glamourous to some, but I seem to forget between trips how much I hate the travel part of ministering internationally:

Eight-and-a-half hours cramped into an economy-fare seat on United (or any other airline for that matter) is something you have to experience to appreciate.

my friend and co-leader of this pastor’s conference, Dr. [...]

All of us are being inundated with news media reports about the economy, recession, lay-offs, foreclosures and more, so our newest sermon series is as timely and as needed as anything we’ve ever done!
We’ll continue to look at God’s promises regarding ‘favor’ this Sunday at each CLC campus, and I think this is one of [...]