04.22.2020 – A broken world – 2 Comments on Fighting the Virus Around the World Fighting the Virus Around the World When your own life has changed so much and you are feeling poor, it’s easy to stay focused there. But the whole wor… Read Post
04.22.2020 – My Life – 12 Comments on My Dad Died a Year Ago – Here’s What I Learned My Dad Died a Year Ago – Here’s What I Learned A photo of my dad and me when I was a year old. This is a tough day in a tough season. My Dad died a ye… Read Post
04.21.2020 – 42nd Generation – 11 Comments on God Is Calling Us Back Into Homes God Is Calling Us Back Into Homes By now most of us are getting sick of the same four walls and the claustrophobia of quarantine life. But I want to su… Read Post
04.20.2020 – 42nd Generation – 2 Comments on 7 Trends for Young people in a Post-Quarantine World 7 Trends for Young people in a Post-Quarantine World John was at the top of his class. He had the job offer from a top west coast tech firm. The pay was good and his li… Read Post
04.17.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 13 Comments on When the Corona Virus Takes a Loved One When the Corona Virus Takes a Loved One As reported by Michelle Gunnin Bill is an RN and he was not feeling well. High fever. Cough. Over the course of th… Read Post
04.16.2020 – Prayer – 10 Comments on What Is God Saying to Us? What Is God Saying to Us? What is God saying to us? Lots of people are asking that question these days. And the good news is, more of us are l… Read Post
04.15.2020 – Courage – 7 Comments on What Does It Look Like to Take Your Mask Off? What Does It Look Like to Take Your Mask Off? We are a nation in hiding. We hide so as not to get sick. But one day we will get to take our masks off. How will we … Read Post
04.14.2020 – Courage – 3 Comments on Becoming Someone’s Hero Becoming Someone’s Hero In this sheltering season, as we try to stay healthy, we’re all tempted to conserve our energies. To look inward and … Read Post
04.13.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 3 Comments on The Courage To Take Off Our Masks One Day The Courage To Take Off Our Masks One Day We are a nation hidden behind masks and fasting from relationships. Consider the notion that the masks we wear and… Read Post
04.11.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 4 Comments on It’s Time to Respond to Pain with Courage It’s Time to Respond to Pain with Courage Heidi from Swedish Hospital in Seattle filed the following report from the frontlines last night: “Our floor has… Read Post
04.10.2020 – Discipling – 9 Comments on Here’s How to Take Inventory of The Fruit of Your Life Here’s How to Take Inventory of The Fruit of Your Life Here we are stuck in our homes. What a great time to stop and take inventory. Those of us who call ourselves Chri… Read Post
04.08.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 18 Comments on The Medicine We Need The Medicine We Need Yes, we are sick and looking for medicine. Our labs and doctors are racing to find vaccines. But what if the virus we… Read Post
04.07.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 15 Comments on Notes For Nurses Notes For Nurses If you’re sitting at home and wonder how you can make a difference in the COVID-19 fight, here’s an idea. Our … Read Post
04.06.2020 – Better Living – 7 Comments on 10 Call Gratitude Challenge 10 Call Gratitude Challenge How are you? Really? Is the claustrophobia of your life beginning to squeeze? In the last blog, I suggested the i… Read Post
04.03.2020 – A broken world – 19 Comments on Here’s How to Encourage Frontline ICU Nurses Here’s How to Encourage Frontline ICU Nurses That’s my daughter, Estie, in full battle garb this week in the photo above. Every day when she goes to work, she a… Read Post
04.02.2020 – 42nd Generation – 4 Comments on We Will Be Looking For Heroes We Will Be Looking For Heroes Allina Robie has a grandfather in Kansas who is dying. Because the hospital is filled with the COVID-19 virus, he w… Read Post
04.01.2020 – 42nd Generation – 6 Comments on This Crisis Was Predicted a Year Ago This Crisis Was Predicted a Year Ago Is this COVID-19 crisis the beginning of a blizzard or of a mini-ice age? Will it be like a 2008 bump in the road, or… Read Post
03.30.2020 – Simplicity Liberates You – 10 Comments on The Upside of a Season of Solitude The Upside of a Season of Solitude We were sick as a society and needed a season of solitude to get better – so here we are quarantining. But what if th… Read Post
03.27.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 10 Comments on Grieving All You’ve Lost And Are Losing Grieving All You’ve Lost And Are Losing We are children of loss living in a season of grief. I personally know four frontline medical workers who are expo… Read Post
03.25.2020 – Living Free – 27 Comments on A Season of Forgiveness A Season of Forgiveness A year ago my father died. I was at his bedside for that last terrible week when, one by one, his bodily systems … Read Post
03.20.2020 – Comfort and Pain – 18 Comments on We Will Wake Up to A New World We Will Wake Up to A New World This plague will end. There will be more death and struggle along the way. Yes, it will change us, but it will en… Read Post
03.17.2020 – A broken world – 18 Comments on Courage & Prudence in Wartime Courage & Prudence in Wartime We are now in a wartime footing in most of the country. Most of us have no idea how to live life there. The things th… Read Post
02.27.2020 – Innovation – 13 Comments on Here’s Something Better Than College Here’s Something Better Than College Higher education is in crisis with few alternatives in sight. Students want an experience after high school that … Read Post
01.24.2020 – My Life – 6 Comments on 30 Years of Ministry 30 Years of Ministry It’s been 30 years since we started Adventures in Missions. Our kids were still babies. Starting someth… Read Post
