The Messy Middle of Monitoring and Evaluation

One of our great passions behind the show is equipping practitioners globally to serve the poor and develop communities. Today's episode is all about that. We've invited our friend Jeremy Macias back onto the show to share with us about the "messy middle" of monitoring and evaluation and the critical role that it plays in community interventions. Jeremy works with World Relief and shares some of his experiences developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks with different organizations over the years. Then, Brandon dives into the Apostle Paul's words from Romans 12 as an ethical framework for understanding Romans 13, but really all of Christian life. Lastly, we've got some gifts that we want to share with you! You've heard Brandon's book recommendation for years, now it's time to give some away.

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Conversation Notes

• Going from telling individual stories to community wide data
• Being apprehensive to look under the hood with the projects that we're doing
• Connecting the work on the ground with the loftier vision of the organization
• Explaining theory of change and how you develop one
• Engaging the community you're walking alongside in doing M&E
• Working a logframe horizontally and vertically while asking 'why?'
• A short devotion on Romans 12: 9-21
• Equipping TGDJ listeners through leading books in Christian development, orphan care, missions and theology

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