08.09.2012 – Better Living – 3 Comments on Finding contentment Finding contentment "I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation." (Phil. 4:12) What is that secret?… Read Post
08.07.2012 – Wounded healers – 3 Comments on Connecting generations Connecting generations We just got back from our family reunion in Colorado. It was sweet – much better than some of our past reunions. I… Read Post
08.06.2012 – Faith & risk – 11 Comments on Shrewd as snakes & innocent as doves Shrewd as snakes & innocent as doves I don't know about you, but one of the things that I most struggle with as I try to follow Jesus is this tension… Read Post
08.03.2012 – A broken world – 5 Comments on When life doesn’t make sense When life doesn’t make sense Have you ever been thrown into a situation that didn’t make sense, a time when your questions to God went unanswered?… Read Post
08.02.2012 – Finding your call – 17 Comments on The harsh truth about finding your calling The harsh truth about finding your calling This is a guest post from Jeff Goins: Perhaps one of the most puzzling aspects of the Christian life is this idea … Read Post
08.01.2012 – Kingdom Dreams – 1 Comment on Help launch some dreams Help launch some dreams Here are a few opportunities to join people in their kingdom dream. Click on a link to see what’s on offer. Please co… Read Post
07.31.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 69 Comments on I know a miracle when I see one I know a miracle when I see one Steven Reed, a recently returned World Race alumnus from the July 2011 W Squad, tore his ACL in the first month of th… Read Post
07.30.2012 – Kingdom Reality – 5 Comments on Why the poor in spirit are blessed Why the poor in spirit are blessed For most of my life I’ve not really understood Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. It’s all there in black and white, but it … Read Post
07.27.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 3 Comments on How it feels to be healed How it feels to be healed Lynette Alegria got more than she bargained for at World Race training camp. I love her testimony here: Training c… Read Post
07.26.2012 – Faith & risk – 8 Comments on Safe ministry Safe ministry “Do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say…” (Matt. 10:19-20) … Read Post
07.25.2012 – Kingdom Reality – 1 Comment on The fragile seed of the kingdom The fragile seed of the kingdom “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed…” – Jesus World Racers spend 11 months in places where they see t… Read Post
07.24.2012 – Kingdom Reality – 9 Comments on Getting healed will change your theology Getting healed will change your theology Growing up, I didn’t believe God still healed people. I was like Alex Burdett – I hadn’t seen it, so I didn’t believe… Read Post
07.23.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 3 Comments on Jesus heals in Tanzania Jesus heals in Tanzania Ryan Banko filed the following report this week from Morogoro, Tanzania. We jump on the bus and head into town, th… Read Post
07.20.2012 – World Race – 10 Comments on Where do World Racers come from? Where do World Racers come from? Where do racers come from? They look like Jackie Gu or Brian Cooke. Jackie was a successful marketing manager with… Read Post
07.19.2012 – Abandon – 13 Comments on Did we miss our chance? Did we miss our chance? A blog reader wrote me to say: Today’s blog about the Haley’s could have been written about my husband and me 8 … Read Post
07.18.2012 – Abandon – 6 Comments on Leaving the American dream Leaving the American dream Timothy Haley had it all. He’d graduated from law school and gotten married. And at 29, he had a great job with a res… Read Post
07.17.2012 – Community and Covenant – 4 Comments on A community of grace A community of grace Something happened in our community yesterday that tested us. How would we respond? Would we be a community of grace … Read Post
07.16.2012 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 8 Comments on At training camp At training camp We’re at breakfast at training camp. Fortunately there’s lots of coffee available. 300 racers and Passport partici… Read Post
07.13.2012 – World Race – 7 Comments on Coaching again Coaching again Karen and I have taken almost a year off from coaching World Race squads. It can be an exhausting job. And with every… Read Post
07.12.2012 – Faith & risk – 6 Comments on Testing your faith by hitchhiking Testing your faith by hitchhiking Living in America can be hard on your faith. Life is designed to be comfortable and risk-free here. But the life of f… Read Post
07.11.2012 – Journeys – 5 Comments on Get a free chapter of my new book Get a free chapter of my new book It’s finally here. My first book in quite a while. I’ve been working for nearly five years on a book about the pro… Read Post
07.10.2012 – Missions – 18 Comments on The new ugly Americans The new ugly Americans Thirty years ago, when I was just learning to travel, I came face-to-face with a certain type of of fellow traveler t… Read Post
07.09.2012 – Missions – 10 Comments on The economic gap & bad missions The economic gap & bad missions When you go as a long-term missionary to another culture, you may experience a lot of gaps that make it difficult for… Read Post
07.06.2012 – Identity issues – 3 Comments on Working hard for identity Working hard for identity A little self-disclosure: If you were turn the clock back 35 years, you’d see me as a young man trying to figure myse… Read Post
