Jenn and I launched to Thailand on this day 10 years ago: November 4, 2014. 10 years on the field – in ministry leadership and through a pandemic, cancer, and role transitions – has felt like the equivalent of 20 years in comparison to what life was like back in the States before we launched. […]
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Posts related to Steven and Jenn personally – our lives, hobbies, and experiences.
I. Women in Leadership This content was co-written with my friend LB who previously served as a team leader in East Asia and is currently serving in member care. In the previous post, I shared about my leadership journey and the unique internal tension I felt about being a woman leader in ministry and on […]
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Be Barnabas – Life Together
————- The last few posts have been more instructive about the process of what to do to begin partnering with a National Apostolic Visionary to pursue movements. We wanted to focus on the first few practical steps in partnering with NAVs, as we feel there is a lack of training around how to start. However, […]
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2023 Recap
As we head into 2024, here are our top 5 most read posts of 2023! We have a lot on deck for next year, including the last few posts for the Be Barnabas series, as well as other posts about personal and team thriving. In 2024, we hope to connect with even more missions leaders […]
Up to this point, this blog has largely covered some tools and paradigms around team leadership on the field. Our next series of posts will switch gears a bit to focus more on a strategic component of pursuing movements that we think is critically important. We’re excited to start the ‘Be Barnabas’ series. Along with […]
In the first post, Jenn described how suffering leads us to surrender. In the second post, I wrote about how Jesus wants us to surrender the self, and to surrender the self all the way to the point of death, so that he can fill us with His resurrection life and power. In this final […]
Jenn’s post shared about our initial experience of discovering Jenn had brain cancer and some of the lessons about suffering and surrender that came through that. For this post, I’ll share some of my experiences from this past season and also some of the things we’ve received from God out of being brought to a […]
One of the main reasons why we started this blog to pass on lessons to missions leaders was that this past season of cancer made us realize that our time is limited. In this post, I want to share about my experience of finding out I had cancer, the ways that God met us in […]
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“i am running into a new year”
Cancer, more than anything, transformed our lives into “before” and “after.” At the end of 2021, while going through cancer treatment, I stumbled across this poem by Lucille Clifton. Its message reflected the bittersweet experiences Steven and I were facing as God used suffering to refine and transform us into who He wanted us to […]
From time to time, we’ll update some about our personal lives and ministry here in Thailand. This past weekend, we had the opportunity to travel through the mountains to meet up with one of our closest Thai partners, Talia (name changed for security purposes). We’re planning to post about our past season of cancer treatment, […]