03.20.2025 – Parenting – 7 Comments on Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip In 2002, our oldest child, Talia, was graduating high school. Whatever final touches we wanted to put on the pare…
03.13.2025 – Better Living – 8 Comments on 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage My wife Karen is a therapist who sees a lot of couples whose relationship is in trouble. They are struggling and …
03.06.2025 – Refugees & Crisis, Short-term missions North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane – You Can Help! Justin Rhodes took a video as Hurricane Helene threatened to wash away his family’s home and farm. A river raged …
02.27.2025 – Culture and Faith Am I a Cultural Christian? One of the questions I’ve wrestled with for much of my life is “What is a Christian?” America is known as a “Chri…
02.20.2025 – Leadership How Do I Know When to Take Action? I’m weird – I spend a lot of time reflecting, but I also tend to make quick decisions. I find that God often spea…
3 year-old sex slave: The good news Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking This week I’m following up on some stories where you, our blog readers, have made a difference. Too often we feel impotent in a world full of pain, when the…
Swazi women’s retreat changes lives Eswatini / Swaziland Last week I wrote a blog about how women are the answer to Swaziland’s biggest problems. They just need to be able to lean on one another. For five years I’…
Leaving Thailand My Life There’s a lot to love about Thailand. While Phuket is ground zero for the sex trade and all it represents, it is also home to SHE Ministries, a key partner o…