03.27.2025 – A broken world – 4 Comments on The World’s 25 Greatest Problems & What You Can Do About Them The World’s 25 Greatest Problems & What You Can Do About Them The book The 4th Turning tells us Gen Z is the Hero Generation. They just need a cause. To help them find thei…
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 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…
Debriefing (part 4 – areas to cover) Debriefing Debriefing is not the same as evaluating. All aspects of a mission trip need to be evaluated by leaders in order to understand how they can be done better in…
More than bystanders Kingdom Reality Jesus calls us to himself, first as bystanders, as witnesses of his glory. We get to see what he does, and we worship him for it. But ultimately, he’s call…
Creating a safe place Leadership When I fail as a leader, what bothers me the most is if I’ve failed to create a safe place. A leader is responsible for the atmosphere in her team. It’s o…
