They Are Not Dead . . . Just Sleeping

There is a fascinating story about Jesus recounted in Luke chapter 8. Jesus had a crowd around him when a man named Jairus approached him. Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his home because his 12-year-old daughter—his only child—was dying. And so...

Top 5 Favorite Experiences Of Ecuador Vision Trip

March 9th through the 12th, Stadia and Compassion International partnered together to take 26 leaders on a vision trip to experience child sponsorship and church planting firsthand. The location was Santa Elena, Ecuador. I had the privilege of being on that trip. Here...

Simply because it’s the right thing to do!

Julie and I were traveling by bus along with 20 other leaders from the U.S.A. from Bogota to Cartagena. Just the previous day we had flown from our home in Northern Ohio to Colombia, South America. As we settled in for the multi-hour bus-ride, our conversation turned...

Light in the Darkness

I recently spoke with Vince Antonucci about the important work that he is doing planting churches in some of the darkest places.  If you are a church planter with Christ-like compassion for those furthest from God, check out this video and visit www.splagna.com...

Top 5 Learnings From Sponsoring a Compassion Child

I, as the sponsor, am the one who is blessed. You cannot out-give the poor. I must learn to live with “enough.” The child I sponsor is praying FOR ME on a regular basis. The letters I write are treasures to the child I sponsor.         Inte...