the upstream collective

Missed the Rome/Marseille Jet Set Tour? No worries. You can still catch up on what happened during the trip on the Jet Set Tour blog. There, Ed Stetzer and other trip participants have posted their take on the trip’s events, including on-site interviews with both participants and locals on site. Even if you couldn’t go [...]

Today was the last day of the trip. After all the walking, listening, and talking, the group was exhausted. We talked a lot about missiological concepts this morning, and considered how we had seen them being put into practice by the various teams we’ve connected with here. Here’s the short list: Segmentation- decide what people [...]

Today we did something a little bit different. We met in the basement of a local evangelical church. This is pretty rare, because in France, evangelical churches can be hard to come by. This was the first time on the trip that we all sat down to talk in a private setting. Ed talked about [...]

It’s hard to say when, exactly, our train rolled into Marseille. We were up at 5:30 to change from our Italian overnight train to the daytime French train. In a sleepy stupor, we packed our suitcases into a car and headed (via metro) to the hotel. Thankfully, it was much cooler in Marseille than it [...]

We got a late start this morning. Maybe it was because we walked around until after midnight looking for a nightclub, bar, or pub to hang out in. That’s what the church planting team here does, by the way. They meet people and spend time with friends in these “third spaces” throughout the city. We [...]