01.28.2025 – Comfort and Pain – 6 Comments on What Grief Feels Like What Grief Feels Like I lost my dad five years ago. I’ve been losing my mom to dementia for even longer. Earlier this month, I lost my …
01.21.2025 – Missions – 4 Comments on Meeting Heidi Baker Meeting Heidi Baker For some people, Heidi Baker is controversial. But to me and others, she’s a hero. Along with her husband, Rollan…
01.17.2025 – A broken world Too Busy to Care About Maria? John Hearn shared this story about Maria a number of years ago. I share it with you in hopes that it will con…
01.14.2025 – My Life Life Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us Asha died last week. She was my sidekick for 15 years. She was great with the grandbabies. She probably thought s…
01.07.2025 – Community and Covenant Here’s Why We Need to Be Recognized After Asha’s death and Hunter’s funeral last night, I was thinking about why losing someone you love can be so …
Adopting and fighting for a son Orphans My friend Brent Gudgel at Deidox.com just sent me this short film called “Deidox: The Ivey Family.” It’s about adoption (and Haiti), and ultimately how we ar…
Angel in the cornfield Amazing God Stories In the summer of 1997, in the backwoods holler of Berwind, WV, I met a guy named Danny. The first thing I noticed about him is that he looked to be about 400…
When Mission Trips Change Lives Short-term missions I heard the testimony of a big and gruff, man about his mission trip. “It was to Reynosa, Mexico. We didn’t do too much building or constructi…
