09.12.2024 – Innovation, Kingdom Dreams – 10 Comments on Homeschoolers Living the Dream Homeschoolers Living the Dream Tomorrow I help launch an experiment. The idea is to train a small group of Christ-following leaders to be the chan… Read Post
09.11.2024 – Comfort and Pain – 6 Comments on How Do I Grieve the Loss of Trust? How Do I Grieve the Loss of Trust? This morning I walked up the steps to our office. Sitting on the porch were two women talking. One I’ve known for… Read Post
09.05.2024 – Courage – 3 Comments on Loving Justice But Lacking Courage Loving Justice But Lacking Courage When the 2010 Haiti earthquake killed over 200,000 people and left so many others homeless, my son moved into act… Read Post
09.03.2024 – Discipling – 6 Comments on My Most Important Lesson: “Go With The Goers” My Most Important Lesson: “Go With The Goers” The most important lesson I’ve learned about following Jesus in the last 30 years is this. You have to go with th… Read Post
08.30.2024 – Better Living – 6 Comments on Deep Water Friends Deep Water Friends We all have acquaintances. But how many real friends do we have? The word “friends” has come on hard times. We… Read Post
08.23.2024 – Wounded healers – 6 Comments on The Gifts of Grief The Gifts of Grief Since I walked my father into the valley of the shadow of death five years ago, I have used poetry as a way to pr… Read Post
08.21.2024 – Courage, Discipling – 6 Comments on The 5 Activations of Jesus The 5 Activations of Jesus A lot of people call themselves Christians and they think that God is most interested in the quality of their bel… Read Post
08.16.2024 – Courage – 1 Comment on What are you fighting for? What are you fighting for? Over on the border of Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainians have moved from defense to offense, pouring into Russia i… Read Post
08.13.2024 – My Life – 1 Comment on The Story of Moving AIM to Gainesville The Story of Moving AIM to Gainesville It was the spring of 1994. Karen and I had sensed God telling us to move out of south Florida even though we had … Read Post
08.06.2024 – Fighting your enemy – 6 Comments on Is evil impacting those you love? Is evil impacting those you love? Are there people in your life who are struggling? I have so many friends who are currently in a struggle that fee… Read Post
07.31.2024 – Better Living – 3 Comments on Certainty or Ambiguity – Which is Better? Certainty or Ambiguity – Which is Better? The attempted assassination of Trump brought clarity for some people and ambiguity for others. Many Trump followe… Read Post
07.24.2024 – Radical Living – 1 Comment on Colin Sullivan – Here’s what a passionate believer looks like Colin Sullivan – Here’s what a passionate believer looks like Two years ago, just months after returning from his World Race, Colin Sullivan had a fatal accident on a moto… Read Post
07.23.2024 – Courage – 3 Comments on What an Ordinary Hero Looks Like What an Ordinary Hero Looks Like “We were near the front lines in Kherson, Ukraine. A massive explosion went off next door. Windows shattered, and… Read Post
07.21.2024 – Uncategorized – 3 Comments on We Need a Journey We Need a Journey Recently I wrote a blog suggesting that if we want to change our life, maybe what we need is a journey. But th… Read Post
07.17.2024 – Faith & risk – 6 Comments on Trusting the 11th Hour God Trusting the 11th Hour God This week, once again God is reminding me to depend on him in the 11th hour. I’m on the hook to follow through on… Read Post
07.12.2024 – Journeys – 2 Comments on A Journey May be What You Need to Change Your Life A Journey May be What You Need to Change Your Life This morning I’m on a train ride from Sorrento to the Rome airport after 11 days doing things that were stretchin… Read Post
07.01.2024 – Journeys – No Comments on Getting Lost on Purpose & Testing God Getting Lost on Purpose & Testing God It was 2012. A group of us were sitting in our living room. Teri, Rebecca, Lily and Lisa were going on a journey … Read Post
06.23.2024 – Community and Covenant – No Comments on The Collaborators in Your Life The Collaborators in Your Life In wartime, being discovered as a collaborator can mean certain death. It means you’re helping the enemy. In busi… Read Post
06.20.2024 – Refugees & Crisis – 2 Comments on International Refugee Day is Today International Refugee Day is Today I was flying home and turned on the movie The Good Lie – a story about refugees from Sudan moving to Canada. The … Read Post
06.19.2024 – Identity issues – No Comments on 5 Steps to Grow in Self-Awareness 5 Steps to Grow in Self-Awareness Self-awareness is not just knowing yourself. It’s knowing yourself relative to other people. It’s knowing yoursel… Read Post
06.17.2024 – Amazing God Stories – 6 Comments on Ryan’s Healing at a Bill Johnson Conference Ryan’s Healing at a Bill Johnson Conference Healing is real. Here’s a story about it. As I’ve reviewed 18 years of God working through racers and the World R… Read Post
06.13.2024 – Vulnerable Leadership – 2 Comments on Learning Vulnerable Leadership Learning Vulnerable Leadership Yesterday I was on a zoom call with a team that is facing challenges. To start the meeting, I could have focused on… Read Post
06.03.2024 – Missions – 4 Comments on 7 Reasons Westerners Struggle as Missionaries 7 Reasons Westerners Struggle as Missionaries John Allen Chau had a dream founded in a desire to bring hope to people who needed it. And who can’t get behind t… Read Post
06.01.2024 – Story telling – 1 Comment on The Blind See and the Lame Walk The Blind See and the Lame Walk On the first World Race Chad Mast had never seen God heal before. What he saw God do amazed him. Here is his orig… Read Post
