Author: brigada

There’s a great new source that just opened on the web for *free* this past week? Check out Kingdom training at.. Home The site uses an interview format combined with interesting videos and fill-in-the-blank questions to...

At this link… You can get the book, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” for free. Have you read it? Can you share your take? The website says, “Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the...

The 4/14 Window is a global missions movement whose aim is to REACH, RESCUE, ROOT and RELEASE young people all over the world to grab hold of their inheritance in Christ and transform their world through His power. Learn more...

In Ed Stetzer’s opener in this series in Christianity Today, he emphasized measuring outcomes, not activities. How do we know when we’ve finished with the job? He also emphasized the need for *quality* as much as...

This past week, I tried out several trial versions of Bibles on my devices, including the ever-popular YouVersion. But honestly, there was a version so compelling that it’s worth evaluating: http://www.bible.is/ It’s...

Let’s refresh this topic, now that a year has gone by. Where can a new Global Outreach Pastor learn the most about outreach to refugees around the world? In particular, where are some of the best case studies, books, and...

We’ve all come across some great resources for “coming home” and debriefing — like TRAIN International in Joplin, MO (their “ABIDE” workshop) and the book, Reentering Well,” by Melissa...

Our great friends at Missions Catalyst brought to light last week a new story in a super video, “Helen is an Eritrean gospel singer who spent 32 months imprisoned by the Eritrean authorities in a shipping container....

Brigada has learned that WORLD REFUGEE SUNDAY is coming up soon. What can we all *do* about 65 million forcibly-displaced peoples? Who else can go with us in this voyage? Who really cares and is willing to take on intangible and...

…Grace Episcopal (Alexandria, VA) and “TIME Ministries” (Vancouver, WA), both of whom bought policies from ISA for insurance while traveling overseas, resulting in a gift by ISA to Brigada for $33.43! If you...