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 …
Christianity vs. Islam – a scorecard Kingdom Reality You should check out God is Back by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. They explore the future of religion worldwide. I got these notes from David May…
Ministering to gypsies Mobilization Those of us who follow Jesus are like gypsies in a way. Peter, in his first book, describes us as “aliens and strangers in the world.” Our Wo…
Finding a season of rest Living Free World Race training camp ends today. Our guests are leaving. At last the revolving door at the Barnes home will stop spinning for a while. Karen and I won’…