03.12.2024 – Culture and Faith – 2 Comments on Why GenZ Doesn’t Read Books Anymore Why GenZ Doesn’t Read Books Anymore Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State Univ… Read Post
03.03.2024 – Parenting – 6 Comments on Children Need Risky Play to Thrive Children Need Risky Play to Thrive Photo by Mariana Brussoni Are you a parent trying to help your child navigate the complexity of a world that seems… Read Post
02.27.2024 – Better Living – No Comments on We never arrive We never arrive That’s a picture of me at 21 on my journey from Virginia to Honduras – my first assignment in my first real job. … Read Post
02.21.2024 – Fighting your enemy – 7 Comments on Hurt People Hurt People Hurt People Hurt People Brad Dourif is an actor who, as a young man, played Billy Bibbit, a mental hospital patient in the 1975 fil… Read Post
02.08.2024 – Faith & risk – 3 Comments on Jerome Walks Across America with Nothing & Miracles Happen Jerome Walks Across America with Nothing & Miracles Happen Jerome Beers has an amazing testimony of God providing for him as he has lived a Matthew 10 lifestyle for eight y… Read Post
01.25.2024 – Comfort and Pain – 4 Comments on Gen Z Needs To Be Trusted More Gen Z Needs To Be Trusted More To grow, you need pain. Muscles need resistance (pain) to grow larger. Learning new skills requires the pai… Read Post
01.22.2024 – Better Living – 6 Comments on What Does ‘The Way, the Truth, and the Life’ Mean? What Does ‘The Way, the Truth, and the Life’ Mean? Most of us are familiar with the Bible verse where Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one c… Read Post
01.14.2024 – My Life – No Comments on Do Not Fear Do Not Fear Maybe the most afraid I’ve been was when I was 11 years-old. I was backpacking through the Wind River Mountains w… Read Post
01.11.2024 – Journeys – 3 Comments on Looking For a Chance to Try to Do What Jesus Did Looking For a Chance to Try to Do What Jesus Did What do you think, in such a complicated world, is it possible to give young people the chance to do what Jesus d… Read Post
01.09.2024 – Better Living – 3 Comments on Wisdom From Charlie Munger Wisdom From Charlie Munger So many of my mistakes as a younger man came because I didn’t have the patience or humility to look for someone w… Read Post
01.04.2024 – Leadership – 8 Comments on The Main Thing is to Make the Main Thing the Main Thing The Main Thing is to Make the Main Thing the Main Thing It’s 2024 – I hope you’ve finished your debriefing of 2023. Just coping with the work of living day-to-day often … Read Post
12.30.2023 – Debriefing – 3 Comments on Why Reflection is Essential For Health Why Reflection is Essential For Health Reflection is a rear-view mirror helping us look at our lives to see if we’ve been living healthily and to make a… Read Post
12.28.2023 – Debriefing – 51 Comments on How to Debrief Your Last Year – a Free eBook How to Debrief Your Last Year – a Free eBook 2023 was such a full year – so much to debrief! I lost my best friend from college to brain cancer, but gained a … Read Post
12.21.2023 – Dreaming – 13 Comments on What Do You Do With Your Broken Dreams? What Do You Do With Your Broken Dreams? I have struggled with my dreams. Which should I hold onto even though they seem impossible? Which to let go? … Read Post
12.17.2023 – Parenting – 7 Comments on How Fathers Can Learn To Play With Their Kids How Fathers Can Learn To Play With Their Kids Kids need fathers who play. Playing is good for their souls. Playing bonds dads with their kids. My theory is tha… Read Post
12.13.2023 – Leadership – 14 Comments on Dysfunction at AIM and What I learned Dysfunction at AIM and What I learned I have made mistakes over the years. I would do things differently if I could! Especially if people have been hur… Read Post
12.07.2023 – Vulnerability and me – No Comments on The Power of Vulnerability The Power of Vulnerability For much of my life I have fought against the very thing that God wanted from me. He wanted me to recognize that, in … Read Post
10.27.2023 – Comfort and Pain – 7 Comments on Pets Help Us to Grieve Pets Help Us to Grieve Our pets give us the chance to practice losing. As our kids grew, hamster burials gave way to dog funerals in our hom… Read Post
09.15.2023 – Parenting – 6 Comments on How do I raise kids who thrive? How do I raise kids who thrive? Jeff Goins wrote an essay this week on the compulsive busyness of parents. Often, as parents, we find ourselves overw… Read Post
08.17.2023 – Refugees & Crisis – No Comments on A Story of Escaping from the Maui Fire A Story of Escaping from the Maui Fire When Bully and Ashley Kotter closed on their Hawaiian plantation-style home in early August, they never dreamed tha… Read Post
08.09.2023 – My Life – 7 Comments on The Life of Dave Wroughton – My College Buddy The Life of Dave Wroughton – My College Buddy My best friend from college, David Wroughton, died yesterday. I loved Dave and wanted to share his story as I kne… Read Post
06.27.2023 – Fathering & Men’s issues, Intergenerational connection, Journeys – 2 Comments on Families Having the Best Year of Their Lives Families Having the Best Year of Their Lives When Bill and Katie Swan left on the World Race in 2010, it changed their lives. They had been married three years,… Read Post
05.24.2023 – Leadership, Vulnerable Leadership – 6 Comments on Learning to be a Vulnerable Leader Learning to be a Vulnerable Leader I’ve spent a lot of my life mentoring young leaders. Gen Z is different. While they desire mentoring, they want their… Read Post
05.10.2023 – Missions – No Comments on RIP George Verwer – A Missionary Statesman RIP George Verwer – A Missionary Statesman George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization (OM) and one of the greatest advocates for missions of our day died … Read Post