Show Me The Greater, episode 3/5
My purpose is greater than me. Al & Becky talk about how to influence this world long after we are gone, how to build a legacy that will continue on […]
Author Archives: Al Purvis
Show Me The Greater, episode 2/5
If all you do is sing, you’ll have nothing to sing about, and we won’t bother to listen. Al & Becky talk about living a life that becomes a powerful […]
Show Me The Greater, episode 1/5
Four decades ago, we believed that worship and music are important to the Great Commission, and we’ve never backed off. Never quitting is an obvious key, but there is another, […]
Communication That Feeds You (Communication Series #6)
A special episode on communication for missionaries. The premise is: We are looking for partners, not sponsors, supporters or a sugar daddy. The Missionary’s Challenge: We don’t know how much support […]
Communication Logistics (Communication Series #5)
To recap, what do we communicate? Vision, culture, and information. These produce purpose, team, and movement. How effective are you at communicating? Measure that by the clarity and accuracy of […]
Communication Plus Information (Communication Series #4)
Did your kids stop wasting toothpaste when they started buying their own? Your important things will not become important to those you lead until they become leaders too, until they […]
Communication is a Buffalo (Communication Series #3)
Communication is a Buffalo, stubborn yet necessary. Team communications have a mind of its own yet we must domesticate it because we can not survive, let alone progress, without excellent […]
Communication Builds Bridges (Communication Series #2)
The old EKG machine had those colored balls that stick to your chest by suction cups – but the suction cups were all missing so it took three Nepali nurses […]
Communication Gets a Bad Rap (communication series #1)
“Al, you don’t communicate!” Are you kidding? At the time we were the only missions organization in the world that had a weekly TV program, a periodical magazine, and an […]
The Four-Footed Beast of Ministry (Apostolic Series #2)
Four guys on horseback show up in the middle of the night. They’ve come from the four winds of heaven and have just traveled to the four corners of the […]
