Intentional thinking

Intentional thinking

It is Good Friday! Christians around the world observe the commemoration of the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is in light of His resurrection that we today observe the good Friday as a good one, but it was not a good Friday for his 12 disciples. Whenever I...

Digital Sports in Philippines

Digital Sports in Philippines

The pandemic lockdown has been long in Metro Manila in the Philippines. There was no physical activity during the first year of the pandemic, which created a great need for human interaction. For several years, GCM Philippines would do the annual Sports Festival...

Love God and love people… genuinely.

Love God and love people… genuinely.

It is Friday! It was Friday when "Jane" wrote to me. I had never met her in person. I did not even have her on my friends' contacts on Facebook, we had no common friends, but she had found me. Her message caught me by surprise. She was part of the same FB group I was...

Content is good but community is better

Content is good but community is better

Many of the digital strategies that I am aware of are centered around the content. There are many articles and videos that are very much used, but they don't get very much interaction. Even when there is interaction, it happens usually with the creators of the content...

The power and the beauty of partnerships

The power and the beauty of partnerships

We have been on quite a ride this past month exploring the digital territory. Today we want to take you on a journey to meet with some of our friends around the world, with whom we have been partnering closely. Partnerships are very powerful and beautiful. But they...

The presence, and how to think about it

The presence, and how to think about it

A few days ago, I was invited to share about dGCM with some of the GCM leaders from East Asia. In talking about the digital expression of the church I mentioned these three: DigitalPhygitalMeta I was very hesitant to mention...

How the internet is impacting cities

How the internet is impacting cities

Let me introduce you to a conversation on the Friends' group. How would you explain what is going on here? Let us look at it again. What new insights do we gain? What happened that Dylan, Sophie, Ethan, Paige, Adam, and Luke left the group?  Rewind to the time I...

The profile of a digital champion

The profile of a digital champion

We met Pius from Nigeria almost 2 years ago through a WhatsApp group designed for church leaders in West Africa. He was facilitating the discussion and sharing the vision of raising up 1 million laborers for countries in West Africa.  We contacted him and shared...

The gathering and the scattering of the church

The gathering and the scattering of the church

Last week I was listening to a podcast with Craig Groeschel and Bobby Gruenewald, the director of Youversion. They were sharing their journey to innovation. One of the things that came out of the discussion (“by accident”) was a simplistic definition of church that I...

Embracing a new mindset for the digital church

Embracing a new mindset for the digital church

You probably are thinking, what’s the meaning of this email subject. Well, I wanted to take a few moments every Friday and share with you some of our learnings with digital movements, some global trends we see digitally, and how this is going to impact our mission...