02.17.2007 – Wounded healers – 1 Comment on How to minister: Mourning with those who mourn How to minister: Mourning with those who mourn Part Three in a series on “How to minister.” Continued from How to minister: Imitating Jesus Something about grief… Read Post
02.16.2007 – Wounded healers – 7 Comments on How to minister: Imitating Jesus How to minister: Imitating Jesus Part Two in a series on “How to minister.” Continued from How to minister to others Sometimes we can get all tangl… Read Post
02.15.2007 – Spiritual Coaching – No Comments on A great reading list A great reading list Need a good book to read? There are some great ones on this list. It covers everything from innovation to disciple … Read Post
02.15.2007 – Wounded healers – 8 Comments on How to minister to others How to minister to others Part One in series on “How to minister…” Sometimes I get stuck in my American cultural fortress of my home isola… Read Post
02.14.2007 – Simplicity Liberates You – 4 Comments on Survival is not at issue Survival is not at issue It used to be that survival was an issue. In prior generations, you got a job because if you didn’t, starvation w… Read Post
02.13.2007 – Fighting your enemy – 6 Comments on Learning to depend on God in fighting evil (part 2) Learning to depend on God in fighting evil (part 2) Yesterday I shared the story about how I started to learn to trust God in radical ways. Fast forward 17 years and I’m… Read Post
02.12.2007 – Fighting your enemy – 3 Comments on Learning to depend on God in fighting evil (part 1) Learning to depend on God in fighting evil (part 1) This is a blog that ends with me confronting poltergeists and begins with an observation about Jesus. Jesus was al… Read Post
02.11.2007 – Church – 16 Comments on The institutional church The institutional church For those who have become cynical about the church, it’s important to distinguish between the body of Christ as descr… Read Post
02.09.2007 – Radical Living – 1 Comment on Adventures with hot lava Adventures with hot lava One of the things I love about the World Race is the opportunity to experience life vicariously as the racers send ba… Read Post
02.09.2007 – Kingdom Reality – 6 Comments on Why does laughter exist? Why does laughter exist? A Darwinian world, where people and animals are designed by cause and effect (not God) leaves no room for the idea of… Read Post
02.08.2007 – Parenting – 8 Comments on Turning your kids into radicals at a young age Turning your kids into radicals at a young age Sarae Martin emailed me the following story that just happened to her. As I pulled into McDonalds, I saw a pile of… Read Post
02.07.2007 – Identity issues – 6 Comments on My search for significance My search for significance This is a continuation of yesterday’s blog . Have you ever noticed how when you look at a picture of a group tha… Read Post
02.06.2007 – Identity issues – 9 Comments on At peace with my limitations At peace with my limitations Growing up, I was insecure. No quantity of compliments could counterbalance the personal deficiencies I felt. I was s… Read Post
02.05.2007 – Parenting – No Comments on Cultivating passion in kids Cultivating passion in kids The sacred yes (see my earlier blogs), though essential for adults, should begin to be built into a young person’s sp… Read Post
02.04.2007 – Abandon – 3 Comments on What calls or kills radicals What calls or kills radicals An excerpt from an article about the book, The Danger Habitvby Mike Barrett. In May of 2006, a fascinat… Read Post
02.03.2007 – Abandon – 1 Comment on Questions that will help you in the abandon process Questions that will help you in the abandon process 1. What makes me feel good about myself? 2. Do I get stuck in a rut periodically? 3. Do I regularly d… Read Post
02.02.2007 – Abandon – 4 Comments on Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 3) Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 3) What if all the things that other people have been saying about you all your life have little to do with who you real… Read Post
02.01.2007 – Abandon – 1 Comment on Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 2) Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 2) Scott Molgard on the World Race is going through a process of rediscovering who he really is. It’s fun to read his bl… Read Post
01.31.2007 – Abandon – 10 Comments on Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 1) Why the process of abandoning is so important (part 1) We have a false self and a true self. The false self is a function of: our accomplishments what others say ab… Read Post
01.30.2007 – Poverty – 3 Comments on An African pastor wrestles with AIDS An African pastor wrestles with AIDS When we filmed our Swazi AIDS awareness outreach in 2004, we partnered with the Chronicle Project to film it. The res… Read Post
01.29.2007 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 5 Comments on Fathers saying the sacred “Yes” Fathers saying the sacred “Yes” In an earlier blog, I described one of the key roles of a father, that of giving his children the sacred no. This ge… Read Post
01.28.2007 – Reaching Your Destiny – 3 Comments on Doing good, but not great Doing good, but not great “For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Romans 7:18 A regular conversation I have w… Read Post
01.27.2007 – Listening prayer – 3 Comments on How to pray scripture How to pray scripture I’ve found that American Jesus-followers are shockingly under-prepared to engage in the spiritual battle described in… Read Post
01.26.2007 – Discipling – 2 Comments on A prayer I prayed for a few disciples A prayer I prayed for a few disciples Last year I engaged in a couple of two month cyber-discipling experiments. It worked pretty well in a limited way. … Read Post
