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
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
