Category: Ministry
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Leading Through a Crisis
Are you leading others and looking for ideas in order to remain effective? Cru’s Leader Impact ministry has put together a series of short videos called “Leading Through a Crisis” from leaders in different aspects of society. All of the leaders have a relationship with Jesus Christ and give examples of how they are trusting…
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Security Tip: Use a VPN
In order to protect your computer or mobile device while on a wireless network, our company recommends that we use a VPN (Virtual Private Network). A VPN will slow down hackers trying to view and steal your personal data. In preparation for helping run an overseas conference in January, we were asked to help the…
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Google G-Suite Setup
When you sign up for a free Gmail account, Google provides that plus a group of productivity tools– documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, and more. They are especially useful if you need to collaborate with someone else. Did I mention it was free? Google also provides a corporate environment called “G-Suite” (https://gsuite.google.com/) that provides a much…
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South Africa Operations Conference
Every 18 months the Operations leaders from around the world get together. This time it was in South Africa. I was able to participate in the meetings specifically for the technology leaders– the people I am trying to serve. All of us were working toward solving technology challenges to finish reaching the world with the…
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Cru19 After Hours
We worked hard in June and July, but we also had some free weekends especially in June. Here are a few photos of things we did just for fun.
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Cru19 Conference Team
Holly and I served behind the scenes on the Conference Team from June 10 to July 28. Until the last week, when the main Cru19 conference took place, we were able to get away on weekends to visit the mountains, etc. Holly spent much of her time in a small room working with Kourtney Street…
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Cru19 Takeaways
Picture yourself walking into a room full of strangers. You hear conversations and naturally gravitate toward the people who seem to be most like you, right? These people are the easiest to befriend and will probably be the first ones with which you will share the gospel. Jesus said to make disciples of all the…
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Lee Strobel on the Resurrection
We Christians get to celebrate the resurrection of Christ (Easter) on April 21. The idea that Jesus rose from the dead and is still alive is a key element of Christianity from I Corinthians 15:16-17. Lee Strobel, a journalist and atheist in the 1980’s, set out to discredit the resurrection. After 2 years of…
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Financial System Successfully Rolled Out
In early October the new financial system (NetSuite) was rolled out to CCCI’s 13 area offices, 3 country offices, and a seminary. It will be installed in waves over the next year to the rest of the world. The Global Operations team celebrated with a cake. I am 2nd from left on the bottom row.
