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
05.25.2024 – Eswatini / Swaziland, Orphans – 3 Comments on Nosi Shows Us God’s Heart for His Kids Nosi Shows Us God’s Heart for His Kids 18 years ago, during an AIM staff retreat, God spoke to me. I had been fasting 19 days and was sitting in a p… Read Post
05.22.2024 – Journeys, World Race – 1 Comment on Racers on a Bus From Montenegro to Istanbul Racers on a Bus From Montenegro to Istanbul We need to trust young people with adventure and purpose. We were all born looking for adventure and purpose. You… Read Post
05.17.2024 – Innovation – 3 Comments on Radical: The Most Impactful Movie of the Last Year Radical: The Most Impactful Movie of the Last Year I was on a flight earlier this year and found myself watching the movie Radical. It sucked me into its true story… Read Post
05.14.2024 – A broken world – 2 Comments on Are You Anxious? The World is Much Better Than We Realize Are You Anxious? The World is Much Better Than We Realize Is it the best of times or the worst of times? Wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Tensions with China. Skyrocketing debt l… Read Post
05.09.2024 – Story telling – 3 Comments on Stunned By God’s Power – A Testimony Stunned By God’s Power – A Testimony Some stories should have made the Top 10 list. Here’s one. The God Taryn Neurohr knew before the race became so muc… Read Post
05.06.2024 – Better Living – 2 Comments on Wisdom from a 98 Year Old Man of God Wisdom from a 98 Year Old Man of God The following is from a pastor in Atlanta. He’s 98 years old and lives in an assisted living center. He has cancer th… Read Post
05.03.2024 – Wounded healers – 1 Comment on Jayson Was Dying and Katie Prayed Jayson Was Dying and Katie Prayed One of the things that I love most about the World Race is that it exposes racers to the world’s pain and gives t… Read Post
05.02.2024 – Story telling – 3 Comments on 98 Year-Old Walks Through Battle Zone to Safety 98 Year-Old Walks Through Battle Zone to Safety Lidia Lomikovska, a 98-year-old Ukrainian woman escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking 6 miles alone, wearin… Read Post
04.29.2024 – Kingdom Reality – 7 Comments on Clint’s Dream About God’s Jacket Clint’s Dream About God’s Jacket Photo by Marcus Spiske Clint Bokelman was speaking to a group of Salvation Army staff in Atlanta. He shared a drea… Read Post
04.25.2024 – Journeys – 2 Comments on Here’s a Better Semester Abroad Trip Here’s a Better Semester Abroad Trip I remember as a college student, one of my best semesters at Wheaton College wasn’t at Wheaton College. It was a … Read Post
04.24.2024 – Story telling – 2 Comments on #1 WR Story! Racer Saves a Life on Mt. Everest #1 WR Story! Racer Saves a Life on Mt. Everest 18 years of the World Race, thousands of stories and here is #1! Racer Saves a Life on Mt. Everest, March 2018 … Read Post
04.23.2024 – Story telling – 1 Comment on Almost Dying in a Dark Tunnel (#2) Almost Dying in a Dark Tunnel (#2) Liz Ogletree tells the story of how she almost lost her life when she was in El Salvador and how God miraculo… Read Post
04.22.2024 – Story telling – 4 Comments on Sara Was Abandoned & Needed Someone to Care (#3) Sara Was Abandoned & Needed Someone to Care (#3) Sara needed help. She needed someone to care. That someone was Kristen Paulick, a racer ministering in the Philippi… Read Post
04.19.2024 – A broken world, Comfort and Pain – 5 Comments on Baby Moses’ Death Breaks Our Hearts Baby Moses’ Death Breaks Our Hearts Reading about Baby Moses’ funeral on my son’s story about it broke my heart. My son’s blog and that of his te… Read Post
04.18.2024 – Story telling – 1 Comment on Raising the Dead on the World Race (#4) Raising the Dead on the World Race (#4) Jesus gave his disciples authority to raise the dead (Matt. 10). But those kinds of experiences are so rare in our … Read Post
04.17.2024 – Story telling – 5 Comments on Dream of a Generation Fully Alive (#5) Dream of a Generation Fully Alive (#5) When we started the World Race, it burned as a dream in my heart before we even launched it. I felt God asking … Read Post
04.16.2024 – Story telling – 2 Comments on Kristen Sees God Heal Fea (#6) Kristen Sees God Heal Fea (#6) Have you ever been disappointed when God didn’t heal? I’ve waited 30+ years for God to heal my daughter. Why does G… Read Post
04.09.2024 – Story telling – No Comments on A Ukrainian Orphan Who Deserved a Name (#7) A Ukrainian Orphan Who Deserved a Name (#7) We continue with the countdown of the top 10 World Race stories of the last 18 years. In this story coming in at … Read Post
04.08.2024 – World Race – 1 Comment on The First World Race Ends With a Bang! (#8) The First World Race Ends With a Bang! (#8) Counting down the top 10 WR blogs. #8 is a summary of the first race in 2006. The first World Racers finished th… Read Post
