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…
Persecution Is a Normal Byproduct of Obedience Courage I watched the movie Silence on the plane yesterday. It tells the story of missionaries being martyred for their faith in Japan. It was hard to watch. …
Why debrief? Debriefing Why is a debrief required? For one thing, where you’ve gone through a challenging and stressful experience, it helps ensure that learning occurs. It’s what …
Recipe for a church revival The Holy Spirit is on the move I don’t know that I’ve ever really seen a church revival until this week. Yes, I’ve gone to any number of “revival services.” Songs are sung, a preacher p…