02.27.2014 – World Race – 12 Comments on President Bush Talks About the World Race President Bush Talks About the World Race Last week, former President Bush took a couple of minutes to share the heroic example of World Racer Dave Smith in a … Read Post
02.26.2014 – Dreaming – 5 Comments on When Your Dreams Go Viral When Your Dreams Go Viral Ruth Wilson trusted God with her dream of being a writer and one day her dream went viral. I wonder if Ruth ever beli… Read Post
02.18.2014 – Lordship – 15 Comments on 7 Hard Things About Jesus’ Method 7 Hard Things About Jesus’ Method One of the hardest things about being a Christian is to try and do what Jesus did. He invested in people in ways that… Read Post
02.11.2014 – Church – 10 Comments on The Role of Pastor is Broken The Role of Pastor is Broken We love our pastors – they are there to marry and bury and counsel us. Yet we also put too much on them and are obliv… Read Post
02.08.2014 – Kingdom Reality – 11 Comments on The Long View The Long View “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord.” Ps.102:18 … Read Post
02.04.2014 – How to Disciple – 7 Comments on Dealing With Slow Disciples Dealing With Slow Disciples Ever get frustrated with your family? You wish they would change, you pray for their change, but any change comes so … Read Post
01.27.2014 – Poverty – 9 Comments on Why I Don’t Believe in Aid Why I Don’t Believe in Aid Africa receives roughly $50 billion in aid annually from foreign governments, and perhaps $13 billion more from pri… Read Post
01.21.2014 – World Race – 5 Comments on 6 Surprising Discoveries on the World Race 6 Surprising Discoveries on the World Race The World Race surprises people. We say, “Don’t have any expectations.” But you can’t help having them – how else w… Read Post
01.17.2014 – Discipling – 16 Comments on Discipleship Requires Modeling Discipleship Requires Modeling Ever wonder why Christians can sit through so many church services and yet not become better followers of Christ? … Read Post
01.09.2014 – Story telling – 6 Comments on A Story of Finding True Love A Story of Finding True Love Hiking the Camino in northern Spain, you hear some fascinating stories – stories of love lost and found, and of peo… Read Post
01.02.2014 – Dreaming – 3 Comments on It’s Time to Get Serious About Your Dreams It’s Time to Get Serious About Your Dreams My son-in-law, Joe Bunting, is wise beyond his years. And he is a steward of two people I would die for – my oldest c… Read Post
12.29.2013 – Culture and Faith – 11 Comments on A New Year’s Resolution: More Civil Behavior A New Year’s Resolution: More Civil Behavior What changes can you make in 2014 that will appreciably impact the quality of your life? We could all do with a few: … Read Post
12.23.2013 – Culture and Faith – 14 Comments on Getting in the Christmas spirit Getting in the Christmas spirit It’s Christmas, a time to remember what Jesus accomplished by coming to earth as a baby. We talk about “get… Read Post
12.12.2013 – Youth Ministry – 12 Comments on How to Fix Your Youth Ministry How to Fix Your Youth Ministry Youth ministry has reached a place of crisis. The brokenness spilling over from dysfunctional families has reached ep… Read Post
12.04.2013 – Faith & risk – 6 Comments on Caretakers, Undertakers and Risk Takers Caretakers, Undertakers and Risk Takers Deon Vanstaden, a South African who heard God say “move to America”, knows what it is to take risks. He finds… Read Post
11.27.2013 – Radical Living – 19 Comments on Feeling Strange This Thanksgiving Feeling Strange This Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a time to return home. But what do you do if your idea of home has changed? I remember at 18 feeli… Read Post
11.19.2013 – Short-term missions – 5 Comments on Why Do Short-Term Missions? Why Do Short-Term Missions? I was 29 and was leading my first short-term mission (STM). When we stepped off the buses, we were immediately surr… Read Post
11.16.2013 – A broken world – 2 Comments on Getting Help to Typhoon Victims Getting Help to Typhoon Victims Liz Ogletree is working to help get aid to those needing it in the Philippines. She just wrote a blog post and a pilo… Read Post
11.15.2013 – A broken world – No Comments on Please Help the Philippines! Please Help the Philippines! Adventures has staff and volunteers on the ground in the Philippines. They are helping mobilize peo… Read Post
11.11.2013 – Comfort and Pain – 10 Comments on How To Write a Grief Journal How To Write a Grief Journal I received an email from a blog reader who said: “You posted an article about grief back in 2007. You made referenc… Read Post
11.05.2013 – Amazing God Stories – 11 Comments on God Hasn’t Stopped Healing God Hasn’t Stopped Healing This past month, some Christian leaders put on a conference in California to make the case that God no longer heals… Read Post
11.01.2013 – Missions – 7 Comments on Life Can Be An Adventure! Life Can Be An Adventure! I work at Adventures. We have adventures of all kinds on a regular basis. We take a generation that is spiritual… Read Post
10.25.2013 – Debriefing – 9 Comments on Reflection Deficit Disorder Reflection Deficit Disorder I’d like to propose a new disorder for your consideration. I call it R.D.D. – “Reflection Deficit Disorder.” My bet i… Read Post
10.17.2013 – Improving yourself – 14 Comments on Maybe You Don’t Have A.D.D. Maybe You Don’t Have A.D.D. I believe God created the heavens and the earth. But I struggle to understand the broken parts of creation. For examp… Read Post
