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…
Green light culture Innovation I’ve never worked in a completely green light culture, but I aspire to. In fact, I aspire to build it. Given the odds against us in this economy, you might …
Messy compassion A broken world I just returned at 4 a.m. from ground zero on the Gulf Coast. The devastation was total. I’ve been so encouraged by the sacrificial response of many Chris…
Free from religion Living Free “Religion” has become a bad word. In a society that puts a premium on authenticity, it has come to mean “pre-planned.” In a culture that prizes reality, it h…
