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…
Why do we experience pain? Comfort and Pain One of the toughest questions in life is the question of “Why pain?” Why do the people I love struggle so? Why do we have to go through hard times? Where is …
6 ways short-term missions change lives Short-term missions Here are six ways that a short-term mission trip can change your life: 1. Short-term missions change your worldview We in America are notoriously provin…
Finding My Italian Nanny 58 Years Later My Life A little over a week ago, Karen and I met Elisa and she took us to her mom’s house. There, after 58 years, was Maria! I gave her hug and apologized that I’d …
