Like those people who wake up hung-over from the night before vowing to never drink again only to find themselves at a bar later that day, every time I look forward to being part of a pre-existing movement, my heart flutters at the thought of another unreached place. This past week my wife and IContinue reading “School of Hard Knocks: Experiences in Planting”
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Encouragement for the Exiles
Though Florida should actually be known as the Sauna State, when the sun manages to defeat the clouds it’s no mystery how its nickname stands the test of time. It was spring 2012, I was in my first year with InterVarsity planting at a local community college, and on this particular day I was standingContinue reading “Encouragement for the Exiles”
Preparing to Win the Battle and the War
As a campus minister, one of the greatest joys of my heart is watching as students give their lives to Jesus. For all the prayers, setbacks, and hard conversations, it’s the moment where everything feels worth it. Luke 15 says there’s rejoicing in heaven and I believe it. It’s exciting. Yet if there’s one thing CaymanContinue reading “Preparing to Win the Battle and the War”
And Sometimes God Says “No”
It started with a good quiet time and a handful of ideas I thought could change Cayman. All right, that’s a bit of an exaggeration but that’s how I was feeling. Glowing like Moses post-Sinai, I rejoined the Israelites to watch each idea get shot down by reality, the final straw being a unique ministryContinue reading “And Sometimes God Says “No””
Planting as a Process
If you asked me what I spend the majority of my time thinking about (after Jesus, of course), mission would be somewhere near the top of the list. Few things excite me more than dreaming of ways to advance God’s kingdom here on earth while loving my neighbor in the process; and between innovations likeContinue reading “Planting as a Process”
Reflections of an Overseas Missionary
This past week I read Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev. in which he tells the story of how the church he started in one of the most unchurched cities in America grew to over 4,000 people in weekly attendance. Both humorous and honest, Driscoll shares nuggets of wisdom he’s learned in the church-plantingContinue reading “Reflections of an Overseas Missionary”
Tomy Wilkerson 