02.28.2012 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 13 Comments on Becoming a safe person Becoming a safe person “I don’t hate you, Seth” said the man who had been designated as my mentor. “Well, that’s a comforting thing to es… Read Post
02.27.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 5 Comments on Healing on the World Race Healing on the World Race Stephanie May had never seen anything like it. Nothing in her World Race experience prior to India had prepared her f… Read Post
02.24.2012 – Spiritual Formation – 15 Comments on Becoming a person of grace Becoming a person of grace An old friend picked a fight with me by email. It was unprovoked, out of the blue, and offered me a test. At first… Read Post
02.23.2012 – Poverty – 4 Comments on Down in the dumps Down in the dumps My son, Seth, is leading a project in Nicaragua this week. He just wrote the following about his experience in the du… Read Post
02.22.2012 – Comfort and Pain – 6 Comments on God equips us with pain God equips us with pain As a younger man, I was fired twice and three times demoted. In my view, I’d performed well and was the victim of off… Read Post
02.21.2012 – Simplicity Liberates You – 3 Comments on Ownership is overrated Ownership is overrated “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or-worse!-stolen by burglars. Stoc… Read Post
02.20.2012 – Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking – 6 Comments on Our Cambodia team Our Cambodia team There are 10 of them now and we expect 20 or so to be there by the fall. Most of them are fresh out of college and ha… Read Post
02.16.2012 – My Life – 3 Comments on Leaving Thailand Leaving Thailand There’s a lot to love about Thailand. While Phuket is ground zero for the sex trade and all it represents, it is also… Read Post
02.15.2012 – Finding your call – 8 Comments on Don’t live somebody else’s life Don’t live somebody else’s life You’ve got one life to live and lots of people who want to tell you how to live it. Your parents may want you … Read Post
02.14.2012 – Spiritual Formation – 9 Comments on To grow, copy somebody else To grow, copy somebody else Sometimes we can make mentoring too complicated. At the most basic level, if you want to learn how to do something ne… Read Post
02.13.2012 – Spiritual Formation – 2 Comments on Worshiping a mysterious God Worshiping a mysterious God C.S. Lewis calls it “the God-shaped vacuum.” Something in us longs to know God. The created wants to know the cre… Read Post
02.10.2012 – Parenting – 2 Comments on Blind spots & pendulum swings Blind spots & pendulum swings Parenting is one of the hardest things you’ll ever undertake. Based on your own experience growing up, you may make v… Read Post
02.08.2012 – Comfort and Pain – 8 Comments on Ambivalent Ambivalent Today we hopped on a long flight to Asia. We have arrived and are deep into combating jet lag as I write this. It’s 1… Read Post
02.06.2012 – A broken world – 14 Comments on Disappointed with God Disappointed with God Yesterday was a beautiful day in Georgia. The Superbowl party at the Hyltons was a blast. Along the way I had the … Read Post
02.06.2012 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 4 Comments on God, the master recycler God, the master recycler In 1979, horrified by the genocide Pol Pot was visiting upon his country, I knew I had to do something. I was a senio… Read Post
02.05.2012 – Living Free – 9 Comments on Take the afternoon off Take the afternoon off One of the top regrets people (men especially) have before they die is “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.” I’m a har… Read Post
02.03.2012 – Better Living – 4 Comments on Top 5 regrets of the dying Top 5 regrets of the dying Saw this article in the Guardian. There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. Bronnie Ware is an Australian … Read Post
02.02.2012 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 14 Comments on Defragging from a toxic environment Defragging from a toxic environment This past weekend I was at my daughter’s home in downtown Atlanta. I was talking to her and a roommate about their to… Read Post
02.01.2012 – Dreaming – 5 Comments on Passion’s not enough Passion’s not enough Most passion is inert, unharnessed to a dream. We need passion, but it’s not enough. Eventually passion needs to reso… Read Post
01.31.2012 – Finding your call – 6 Comments on What season of life am I in? What season of life am I in? I’ve watched young people struggle under the pressure of needing to perform. We all need pressure, but some of it is … Read Post
01.30.2012 – Better Living – 10 Comments on What is a day worth? What is a day worth? “Better is one day in your courts…” Psalm 84:10 Sunday was my day to spend with Emily at her new home in Atlanta… Read Post
01.27.2012 – Faith & risk – 14 Comments on Finding hope when life is a shambles Finding hope when life is a shambles For 22 years we have prayed for the healing of a family member. And at this point, praying is a grind. Other folks pr… Read Post
01.26.2012 – Living Free – 18 Comments on Free from religion Free from religion “Religion” has become a bad word. In a society that puts a premium on authenticity, it has come to mean “pre-planned…. Read Post
01.25.2012 – Community and Covenant – 3 Comments on How I connect the body How I connect the body We need each other in the worst way. We were hardwired for connection. In this age of networks and super specializ… Read Post
