01.21.2025 – Missions – No 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… Read Post
01.17.2025 – A broken world – 2 Comments on Too Busy to Care About Maria? 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… Read Post
01.14.2025 – My Life – 13 Comments on Life Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us 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… Read Post
01.07.2025 – Community and Covenant – 16 Comments on Here’s Why We Need to Be Recognized 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 … Read Post
12.30.2024 – Better Living – 1 Comment on God Will Give All of Us a Life Review God Will Give All of Us a Life Review In 1986, I met a man who died, met Jesus and got a chance to review his life – all during the half hour he was te… Read Post
12.27.2024 – Debriefing – 3 Comments on How to Process Your Past Year: Here’s What Works for Me How to Process Your Past Year: Here’s What Works for Me Let’s be honest – 2024 was a crazy year. I don’t want to repeat it, so I don’t want to miss anything it has to te… Read Post
12.12.2024 – Wounded healers – 2 Comments on An example of God helping process trauma An example of God helping process trauma Almost all of us have experienced trauma of one kind or another. And many of us may never get around to trying to f… Read Post
12.10.2024 – Refugees & Crisis – 1 Comment on Trauma Processing Can Begin As Wars End Trauma Processing Can Begin As Wars End The photo above is a shot of the citizens of Syria looking for food or a chance to leave their country as it is b… Read Post
12.03.2024 – Dreaming – 6 Comments on Your Art Needs a Frame: The Power of Structure in Creativity Your Art Needs a Frame: The Power of Structure in Creativity The picture above is of an old church in Sorrento, Italy. Its priest, my friend Rito Maresca, has a dream of a co… Read Post
11.27.2024 – Education – 6 Comments on How We Read Books is Radically Changing How We Read Books is Radically Changing I love books and spend much of my life reading, but the way I read books has been undergoing a radical tranformat… Read Post
11.25.2024 – Comfort and Pain – 12 Comments on Do Hard Things Do Hard Things The path forward seemed so hard. My dream was to start Adventures.org, but it seemed impossible. Karen was pregna… Read Post
11.20.2024 – A broken world – 3 Comments on Suicide and Not Dying With Regrets Suicide and Not Dying With Regrets When people commit suicide, they inevitably leave the wreckage of unanswered questions as their friends try to un… Read Post
11.14.2024 – Wounded healers, Wrecked – No Comments on Saying Goodbye to Hunter: How To Respond When a Friend Commits Suicide? Saying Goodbye to Hunter: How To Respond When a Friend Commits Suicide? Recently, Hunter Young took his life. Of course it was a devastating shock to those of us who loved him. But all th… Read Post
11.12.2024 – A broken world – 1 Comment on Hunter Young – We Will Miss You Hunter Young – We Will Miss You Hunter Young was a World Racer who took his life a couple of weeks ago. Those of us who knew him are still trying… Read Post
11.07.2024 – Comfort and Pain, Redemption – 6 Comments on How To Start Over How To Start Over Although a lot of voters are in post-election mourning, most of us are at least thrilled to get the election over… Read Post
10.30.2024 – Courage, Fighting your enemy – 3 Comments on Trouble is Normal – Prepare For It! Trouble is Normal – Prepare For It! I have friends who are leading causes scattered around the world, but one thing they have in common. They all see… Read Post
10.24.2024 – Education – No Comments on What Values Do Colleges Look for in Students? What Values Do Colleges Look for in Students? How do you as a young person going to college stack up relative to your peers? The schools I work with are loo… Read Post
10.17.2024 – Listening prayer – 2 Comments on Mother Teresa & How God Speaks To Us Mother Teresa & How God Speaks To Us I’m going to Albania in a couple of weeks, home of that great saint, Mother Teresa. I look to her for inspiration… Read Post
10.10.2024 – A broken world, Refugees & Crisis – No Comments on How Will Your Church Respond to the Hurricanes? How Will Your Church Respond to the Hurricanes? Hurricane Milton left 3 million without power this morning. It spawned a rash of tornadoes in southern Florida. T… Read Post
10.08.2024 – A broken world, Courage – 1 Comment on Preparing for a Monster Storm Preparing for a Monster Storm Hurricane Milton is a scary, monster storm – how do you prepare? Winds yesterday hit 180 mph. Forecasters say it … Read Post
10.03.2024 – A broken world, Refugees & Crisis – 2 Comments on Rescuing Those Trapped by Flooding in Asheville Rescuing Those Trapped by Flooding in Asheville Hurricane Helene has left thousands homeless, trapped behind roads that have been washed out. Although help is… Read Post
10.01.2024 – A broken world, Refugees & Crisis – 3 Comments on Asheville Relief: When Christ-followers Care Asheville Relief: When Christ-followers Care The news from Asheville in the wake of Hurricane Helene, is grim. The town without power, roads washed out,… Read Post
09.29.2024 – A broken world, Refugees & Crisis, Wounded healers – 1 Comment on North Carolina Disaster: “We Need Your Help!” North Carolina Disaster: “We Need Your Help!” Headlines this morning show us that North Carolina was devastated by Hurricane Helene leaving thousands homeless…. Read Post
09.24.2024 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 1 Comment on Leaving the Weight of Our Losses Behind Us Leaving the Weight of Our Losses Behind Us I just got back from my seventh hike of the Camino de Santiago yesterday. One of the highlights for a peregrino (… Read Post
