I wrote yesterday about outward appearances, thinking about whiteboard markers that often are returned to the tray without any ink in them. We don’t want to be like the church at Sardis:

You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. (Revelation 3.1, ESV)

What ought we to be on the inside? What should our life look like? From time to time I identify myself as a Navigator, and there may be some readers who don’t know what that means. I can’t give a better answer than to share with you a letter I just received from Marvin Campbell, our US President. He described our lifestyle and work succinctly, answering the questions I opened this paragraph with. I’ll present it without interruption:

As we step into March, I’ve been praying a simple prayer: “Lord, bring us back to You.” Not back to busyness or ministry activity. Back to Jesus—His presence, His voice, His ways. If we move quickly without abiding deeply, we drift. And more than progress, we need attachment to the Vine.

What we do as Navigators has never been about quick wins. We care about the ripple, not the splash. We walk closely with people—anchored in the Word and dependent on the Spirit—until truth becomes obedience and obedience becomes transformation. Disciplemaking is personal, relational, and intentional.

§ It’s opening the Scriptures with a student searching for identity.

§ It’s sitting with a service member under unseen pressure.

§ It’s meeting a young professional before work and letting the Word shape faith, integrity and courage.

§ It’s loving a neighbor in ordinary moments until Jesus becomes tangible.

This isn’t a strategy. It’s a way of life. And it’s how God changes people—one life at a time. – Marvin Campbell, US President of The Navigators, writing to staff, March 10, 2026

“Lord, bring us back to Jesus…we care about the ripple, not the splash…anchored in the Word, dependent on the Spirit.” We want to see:

Truth -> Obedience -> Transformation

“…It’s loving a neighbor in ordinary moments until Jesus becomes tangible. It’s not a strategy. It’s a way of life.”

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life… (Philippians 2.12 – 16, ESV)