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…
Shattered dreams Dreaming I expected to be bored by the sermon. The preacher was young and looked over-eager. But then he said something that lodged in my spirit: “nothing leaves s…
To parents of would-be World Racers Parenting Craig Hanson reflects on his son Eric’s return from spending a year on the World Race. His initial response was skepticism: Disappointed, this was not goi…
RIP George Verwer – A Missionary Statesman Missions George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization (OM) and one of the greatest advocates for missions of our day died last month. OM currently has 6,800 peopl…