10.12.2013 – Identity issues – 3 Comments on You Have To Fight For Identity You Have To Fight For Identity Nathan Salley has experienced his share of adversity. A cancer survivor, he learned early in life that you have to fi… Read Post
10.06.2013 – Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking – No Comments on Finding God in the Brothels Finding God in the Brothels Meghan Tschanz is a World Racer who is going out with Kingdom Journeys to start women’s ministries next January. She … Read Post
10.01.2013 – Leadership – 7 Comments on In a New Season? Review the Seven Habits In a New Season? Review the Seven Habits We live our lives in seasons. If you’re like me, you live in a cycle of seasons defined by school. Start a new year i… Read Post
09.25.2013 – Parenting – 4 Comments on Surprise! Losing is Good for You Surprise! Losing is Good for You Things that get rewarded get repeated, so regularly reward your child for being a winner, right? Turns out, life is n… Read Post
09.19.2013 – Debriefing – 5 Comments on Why Do We Debrief? Why Do We Debrief? You can't debrief yourself, but you need debriefing. Debriefing as an activity requires at least two people. One… Read Post
09.12.2013 – Spiritual Coaching – 5 Comments on You never know the impact you make You never know the impact you make In 1974, I was a punk high school kid. For all the things wrong with my life at the time, one of the things that I co… Read Post
09.05.2013 – Cambodia – 9 Comments on Som – Kind of Wonderful Som – Kind of Wonderful The following is the rest of the story about Som, a paralyzed woman Megan Kennedy met in Cambodia. Read the first par… Read Post
09.03.2013 – Cambodia – 10 Comments on A Woman Named Som A Woman Named Som Megan Kennedy shares this touching story from Cambodia. On a small plot of land just outside the city of Kampong C… Read Post
08.29.2013 – Eswatini / Swaziland – 5 Comments on Sustainability in Swaziland Sustainability in Swaziland The fight for hope and life rages in Swaziland. I returned from a visit yesterday. An estimated 40% of adults are … Read Post
08.19.2013 – A broken world – 11 Comments on Recovering From a Broken Heart Recovering From a Broken Heart So many of my friends are struggling with some aspect of brokenness. Some are dealing with a sadness so profound, it’… Read Post
08.13.2013 – Spiritual Formation – 10 Comments on Burned Out on Religion? Burned Out on Religion? When it comes to religion, some people think, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” If it worked before, just keep doing… Read Post
08.07.2013 – Church – 14 Comments on Compassion on the Burnouts Compassion on the Burnouts Jesus had compassion on the burnouts, of whom I’m one. Here was his prescription for those tired of a hollow, lifeles… Read Post
07.29.2013 – Courage – 14 Comments on Regaining a Theology of Danger Regaining a Theology of Danger Sunday at the local church. Four policemen wandered the campus during the Sunday morning service. They were there… Read Post
07.22.2013 – Culture and Faith – 8 Comments on Rehabilitating the Word ‘Evangelism’ Rehabilitating the Word ‘Evangelism’ We can be evangelists for our computers or the latest tech, but talk about your faith in the wrong place these da… Read Post
07.09.2013 – Poverty – 7 Comments on Following A Call to Extreme Poverty Following A Call to Extreme Poverty This is a guest post by Emily Chant, currently in South Africa. Today I walked the “wetlands”, a s… Read Post
06.27.2013 – Parenting – 8 Comments on Debriefing Your Childhood Debriefing Your Childhood Joe Lynch, a friend and coworker, decided to debrief his daughter Kerrey on her childhood. It's a conversati… Read Post
06.18.2013 – Dreaming – 5 Comments on Giving Away $100,000 Giving Away $100,000 Great news! We're giving away $100,000 to fund God's dreams. Led by Daniel Stinson, a young man who believe… Read Post
06.11.2013 – Kingdom Reality – No Comments on Help Celebrate an Unsung Hero Help Celebrate an Unsung Hero Over the years, I've met hundreds of people who are quietly changing the world. They live stories of sacrifice, … Read Post
06.10.2013 – Journeys – 4 Comments on Why Do a Pilgrimage? Why Do a Pilgrimage? It's been a crazy couple of months. I became a grandfather. I came face-to-face with the sudden death of som… Read Post
06.02.2013 – Community and Covenant – 1 Comment on Camino Culture Camino Culture After seeing the movie "The Way," I sensed that a walk on the Camino might be in my future at some poin… Read Post
05.24.2013 – Leadership – 4 Comments on Awesome Leadership Development Awesome Leadership Development I'm on a 200 mile hike on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Here's why: For several years now, I… Read Post
05.21.2013 – My Life – 6 Comments on Karen’s Mom vs. the Big Lie Karen’s Mom vs. the Big Lie There is a lie afoot in our culture that says, "You are what you do." It roots our identities in our ca… Read Post
05.09.2013 – Culture and Faith – 11 Comments on Connecting To Your Past Connecting To Your Past I ran through Tokyo this morning. Took a left on the main road out of the hotel at 6 a.m. Took in all that I could… Read Post
05.03.2013 – A broken world – 7 Comments on Jesus’ promises about pain Jesus’ promises about pain I'm returning from two weeks in Kenya. One night we went to sleep to the sounds of a torrential downpour. In t… Read Post