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…
Cultivating passion in kids Parenting The sacred yes (see my earlier blogs), though essential for adults, should begin to be built into a young person’s spirit early in life. By defining the firs…
Mother Teresa’s poem – ANYWAY Justice issues Here’s a good poem that Ma Teresa had on her wall. I don’t know how she did it. All those needy people constantly asking for a piece of her. And I can rel…
5 People who will help you grow Spiritual Formation Your father If he’s an encourager and brings out the best in you, you’re blessed. Most people are in some ways working through father issues. Some people, G…
