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- Do Missionaries Actually Experience Stress? February 12, 2018
- Shame on You! Ever Hear That Before? February 5, 2018
- How to Win the Battle Against Porn in 2018! January 22, 2018
- Does Someone Visiting You Need Travel insurance? January 2, 2018
- Are You Thriving in Your Fundraising? (Follower Change) July 16, 2017
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- Dave Grissen on The Sexual Slide Into Fornication
- Dave Grissen on Help Your Missionaries Physically
- Dave Grissen on Defining “Burnout!” and a Warning.
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What Do Dutch Ships & KLM Have to do With Fundraising?
I’ve got a question for you if you are in the fundraising mode and living on donor support. Would you like to have more time for family and ministry and less time needed raising money? Here’s how you can. According to … Continue reading
Whatever You Do, Don’t Burn Out!
Going down in flames on the Mission Field at one time was a sign of total commitment to Christ and His cause. Today most of us consider it a loss to the Great Commission enterprise. T. J. Addington would agree … Continue reading
Posted in Thriving Emotionally, Thriving Marriage, Thriving Personally, Thriving Physically, Thriving Spiritually, Thriving Through Rest, Thriving Through Retreat
Tagged burnout, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary burnout, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, signs of burnout, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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Bloom Where We’re Planted!
Being servants where God has put us and being content to serve Him there, is the theme of this post from Mark Brewster, LI Staff Oasis Host in Lewiston, ID. “One of the dangers of living in our American consumer … Continue reading
Posted in Life Impact Staff, Thriving Administratively, Thriving Emotionally, Thriving in Ministry, Thriving in Shepherding Others, Thriving in Teamwork, Thriving Personally, Thriving Spiritually
Tagged bloom where planted, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, Mark and Jayne Brewster, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, servant, servanthood, Shepherd's Rest oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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Burn Out, Rust Out or Last Out?
In our early days of being challenged for missions through The Navigators, the idea of going all out 100% for Christ’s cause was the challenge. Of course, that’s what we want to do — only one life, ’twill soon be … Continue reading
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Tagged burn out, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission burn out, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, perseverance, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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Why Are US Missionary Budgets So High?
This question is undoubtedly raised with every missionary out there raising support. And it’s a ‘downer’ emotionally because the missionary is put in the position of defending the budget used to send and keep them on the field. There’s nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Thriving Emotionally, Thriving in Friendraising, Thriving Personally
Tagged budget, budgets, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary budget, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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Jon Gordon, www.jongordon.com, shares interesting stories of inspiration and motivation. Here’s the story about Luke Tyburski, raising the personal question for me: How far am I willing to push myself in 2016? As Sheri and I enter our next era … Continue reading
Posted in Thriving Emotionally, Thriving Personally, Thriving Physically, Thriving Spiritually
Tagged Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, Luke Tyburski, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving, triatholon
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More Stats — This Time Related to Chastity!
Can you find a sit-com, movie, or even a churchgoer who today thinks having sex and living together prior to marriage is something negative?
Posted in Thriving Emotionally, Thriving in Family Life, Thriving Marriage, Thriving Personally
Tagged Case for Missionary Care, chastity, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, marriage, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, sex before marriage, stats on chastity, stats on marriage, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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What Does Your Life Look Like Going Forward?
We are headed to Pine Valley, CA for the 3rd Life Impact Staff Conference! We started LI in 2003 in our Oasis in Sunriver, OR. Our goal was to strengthen missionaries for the work God called them to. The needs … Continue reading
Posted in Life Impact IMPACT, Life Impact Staff, Thriving Administratively, Thriving in Management, Thriving in Ministry, Thriving Personally
Tagged Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, goal setting, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, Michael Hyatt, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, Pine Valley Conference Center, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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A New Year Poem from the Army of the Lord!
My colleague and I parked our car just outside the village and walked to the Romanian Orthodox Church to meet the Priest. These were the days in the ’80’s when the communists were holding power and soon to lose it. … Continue reading
Posted in Thriving Spiritually, Uncategorized
Tagged army of the Lord, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving, Traian Dorz
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Okay, Here’s the Guy Who Gave us Those Stats!
This is a followup article on the statistics about Pastors. I agree with Ed Stetzer, we need to be accurate with our statistics — so what are the new surveys about Pastor attrition? Maybe you have one? Hey, an accurate … Continue reading
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Tagged Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving
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