08.21.2014 – Comfort and Pain – 43 Comments on Dangerous Jesus Dangerous Jesus In the Middle East these days, we’re appalled by the violence. The beheading of an innocent journalist leaves u… Read Post
08.06.2014 – Dreaming – 14 Comments on Inviting You to an Epic Life Inviting You to an Epic Life Walter Mitty was an ordinary man who lived an epic life in his head. In the recent movie, Mitty gets to exchange … Read Post
07.30.2014 – Discipling – 11 Comments on Becoming a Disciple Takes Three Years Becoming a Disciple Takes Three Years If you want to get good at something, experience tells us that it takes time. Malcom Gladwell suggests that on averag… Read Post
07.22.2014 – Intergenerational connection – 35 Comments on How We’ve Failed You How We’ve Failed You Every generation fails its sons and daughters in one way or another. We Baby Boomers were raised by absentee da… Read Post
07.15.2014 – Spiritual Formation – 16 Comments on 4 Levels of Spiritual Maturity 4 Levels of Spiritual Maturity You can pick your own path or model for getting to spiritual maturity. Some ideas: “Get a seminary education.” … Read Post
07.09.2014 – Debriefing – 2 Comments on 10 Debriefing Resources 10 Debriefing Resources Jesus did it; so should we. Every mission trip needs a debrief. You go some place on mission. You serve and then com… Read Post
07.03.2014 – Discipling – 1 Comment on Disciples Making Disciples – 2 Timothy 2:2 Disciples Making Disciples – 2 Timothy 2:2 In 2002, I took Miguel Santiago on a one-month trip to Peru. I taught him to disciple and plant churches. I applied 2… Read Post
06.25.2014 – World Race – 2 Comments on Help Take This Video Viral Help Take This Video Viral The World Race has changed the lives of so many 20-somethings. It connects people to what God is doing around … Read Post
06.24.2014 – My Life – 5 Comments on Dogs Teaching Humans How to Live Dogs Teaching Humans How to Live Yesterday my dog died. Eight years ago, I wrote this post a… Read Post
06.17.2014 – Discipling – 16 Comments on 10 Surprising Keys to Discipleship 10 Surprising Keys to Discipleship It has taken me 25 years to figure out what Jesus taught his disciples in three years. And now I’m going to try to di… Read Post
06.10.2014 – Orphans – 20 Comments on Best Practices in Orphan Care Best Practices in Orphan Care Our Adventures team cares for over 6,000 orphans daily. For a while now, I’ve wanted to help them do a better job. … Read Post
06.03.2014 – Identity issues – 10 Comments on Evicting the Orphan Inside You Evicting the Orphan Inside You At some point in almost every person’s life, needs don’t get met. Maybe we were abused – our need for protection forg… Read Post
05.27.2014 – Orphans – 14 Comments on An Orphan Spirit An Orphan Spirit Growing up in a loving family was one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever received. As a child, I never doubted that I … Read Post
05.20.2014 – My Life – 6 Comments on My Great Great Granddad Seth’s Epic Life My Great Great Granddad Seth’s Epic Life I bear the name of my great great grandfather, Seth. As a child, life collapsed around him when his father (also … Read Post
05.13.2014 – Orphans – 5 Comments on Inviting an Orphan Into Your Heart Inviting an Orphan Into Your Heart Maggie Jaruzel knew that God was calling her to be O’Neil’s mom. She filed the paperwork, but when it didn’t … Read Post
05.06.2014 – Reaching Your Destiny – 4 Comments on Getting to Your Destiny Getting to Your Destiny I’m writing from the Dominican Republic. I’m reminded of the first time I thought about this country. It was 1979 and… Read Post
04.29.2014 – Comfort and Pain – 23 Comments on Are You in Trouble? Are You in Trouble? When we get in trouble as kids, we expect to get punished. And we tend to carry that expectation into our relations… Read Post
04.22.2014 – A broken world – 10 Comments on Those Jesus Doesn’t Save Those Jesus Doesn’t Save We know Jesus as Savior, but what do we really understand about saving? For example, consider the Titanic. Whe… Read Post
04.15.2014 – Radical Living – 1 Comment on Fighting a Terrorist on My Sister’s Flight Fighting a Terrorist on My Sister’s Flight Tonight I fly to Dublin, Ireland. Fourteen years ago, my sister Christy was on a 747 British Airways flight to Ke… Read Post
04.08.2014 – Faith & risk – 14 Comments on Decide to Make a Difference Decide to Make a Difference I was fortunate that early in life, I was exposed to other people’s needs that were much greater than my own. Traveli… Read Post
04.02.2014 – How to Disciple – 7 Comments on How to Use Scripture to Disciple How to Use Scripture to Disciple The last thing Jesus said was, “Go and make disciples.” Do you ever find yourself wondering, “How exactly do I do tha… Read Post
03.25.2014 – A broken world – 46 Comments on Where is God When I’m in Pain? Where is God When I’m in Pain? As a leader, sometimes I’m called upon to inflict pain. I have to make decisions that hurt people in order to achieve… Read Post
03.18.2014 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 11 Comments on The Gift of Self-Awareness The Gift of Self-Awareness Several years ago, my friend Steve had a job as a business executive. His slide into a life of drugs was breathtaking… Read Post
03.08.2014 – Reaching Your Destiny – 10 Comments on Are You Caught in a Small Story? Are You Caught in a Small Story? “Your lives aren’t small but you’re living them in a small way…The smallness that you feel comes from within. … Read Post
