08.16.2024 – Courage – 1 Comment on What are you fighting for? What are you fighting for? Over on the border of Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainians have moved from defense to offense, pouring into Russia i… Read Post
08.13.2024 – My Life – 1 Comment on The Story of Moving AIM to Gainesville The Story of Moving AIM to Gainesville It was the spring of 1994. Karen and I had sensed God telling us to move out of south Florida even though we had … Read Post
08.06.2024 – Fighting your enemy – 6 Comments on Is evil impacting those you love? Is evil impacting those you love? Are there people in your life who are struggling? I have so many friends who are currently in a struggle that fee… Read Post
07.31.2024 – Better Living – 3 Comments on Certainty or Ambiguity – Which is Better? Certainty or Ambiguity – Which is Better? The attempted assassination of Trump brought clarity for some people and ambiguity for others. Many Trump followe… Read Post
07.24.2024 – Radical Living – 1 Comment on Colin Sullivan – Here’s what a passionate believer looks like Colin Sullivan – Here’s what a passionate believer looks like Two years ago, just months after returning from his World Race, Colin Sullivan had a fatal accident on a moto… Read Post
07.23.2024 – Courage – 3 Comments on What an Ordinary Hero Looks Like What an Ordinary Hero Looks Like “We were near the front lines in Kherson, Ukraine. A massive explosion went off next door. Windows shattered, and… Read Post
07.21.2024 – Journeys – 3 Comments on We Need a Journey We Need a Journey Recently I wrote a blog suggesting that if we want to change our life, maybe what we need is a journey. But th… Read Post
07.17.2024 – Faith & risk – 6 Comments on Trusting the 11th Hour God Trusting the 11th Hour God This week, once again God is reminding me to depend on him in the 11th hour. I’m on the hook to follow through on… Read Post
07.12.2024 – Journeys – 2 Comments on A Journey May be What You Need to Change Your Life A Journey May be What You Need to Change Your Life This morning I’m on a train ride from Sorrento to the Rome airport after 11 days doing things that were stretchin… Read Post
07.01.2024 – Journeys – No Comments on Getting Lost on Purpose & Testing God Getting Lost on Purpose & Testing God It was 2012. A group of us were sitting in our living room. Teri, Rebecca, Lily and Lisa were going on a journey … Read Post
06.23.2024 – Community and Covenant – No Comments on The Collaborators in Your Life The Collaborators in Your Life In wartime, being discovered as a collaborator can mean certain death. It means you’re helping the enemy. In busi… Read Post
06.20.2024 – Refugees & Crisis – 2 Comments on International Refugee Day is Today International Refugee Day is Today I was flying home and turned on the movie The Good Lie – a story about refugees from Sudan moving to Canada. The … Read Post
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 – 7 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 – 5 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
