Meeting Needs Unaware: The Gospel According To The iPhone

“Consumers don’t understand what they want until they see it.” This quote from Steve Jobs (former founder and CEO of Apple) reveals much of his innovative business genius. Jobs didn’t give a lot of time to market research. He was...

“Them” And “Us”

How do you feel when you see an image of a Muslim praying, like this one?  And how do you feel when you see an image of someone like Mother Theresa praying? If you are anything like me, as a Christian, you might feel separate or even negative towards the first...

10 Everyday Summer Kick Starts To Missional Living

It’s the little things that count. True love in the small things. Living missionally is not difficult in the “skill” sense but it is difficult in the “make-it-a-priority” sense. Small, simple, consistent acts of love add up and give God more grace space in which to...

Jesus & “The Well Curve”

I first learned of the “bell curve” as a high school student. Our statistics teacher, an eccentric white haired Irishman, taught us the distribution model that described how a set of results could be adjusted to create a grouping around the average result....

A Flowing Ministry

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”  Mark 1:35 “The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.”  (Thomas A....

Communitas International–CA’s New Name!

Christian Associates has a new name! For the past 48 years we have engaged in creative ministry, beginning with a university outreach called Jesus Christ Light and Power house. Our church planting efforts became international under the name Christian Associates. Now...