01.15.2011 – Discipling – 1 Comment on How to find a mentor How to find a mentor How do you find a mentor? Seth Godin gives the following advice: Nowhere does it say you’ve got to do this all… Read Post
01.14.2011 – Comfort and Pain – 9 Comments on You can do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 happens You can do Acts 1:8 or Acts 8:1 happens I was in a meeting the other day and we were talking about missions. Then a friend said this, “You can do Acts 1:8 or… Read Post
01.13.2011 – Haiti – 1 Comment on Remembering the Haiti earthquake a year later Remembering the Haiti earthquake a year later It was about this time last year that news was filtering through about the horrific earthquake in Haiti. We didn’t k… Read Post
01.12.2011 – Amazing God Stories – 4 Comments on Angel in the cornfield Angel in the cornfield In the summer of 1997, in the backwoods holler of Berwind, WV, I met a guy named Danny. The first thing I noticed abo… Read Post
01.11.2011 – Poverty – 7 Comments on The poor are our relatives The poor are our relatives share your food with the hungry… provide the poor wanderer with shelter… when you see the naked, clothe him…… Read Post
01.10.2011 – Kingdom Reality – 9 Comments on The kingdom of God is like a flash mob The kingdom of God is like a flash mob We’re in Spain this morning. I saw this over on Sara Choe’s blog and loved the idea. if Jesus were around today, i… Read Post
01.09.2011 – A broken world – 12 Comments on What it feels like to die of AIDS What it feels like to die of AIDS What is it like to die of AIDS? What does it feel like? This article in PlusNews is a heart-rending example. Th… Read Post
01.08.2011 – World Race – 5 Comments on The World Race celebrates 5th year anniversary The World Race celebrates 5th year anniversary Ashley Musick was on the first World Race and wrote this blog. 5 years ago a rag-tag group of crazy Christians met… Read Post
01.07.2011 – Poverty – 13 Comments on Praying for grace Praying for grace Grace came to me unexpectedly today. We’d been accosted by beggars everywhere we went in Hyderabad. You want to he… Read Post
01.06.2011 – Kingdom Reality – 11 Comments on The upsidedown logic of grace The upsidedown logic of grace I’ve been thinking about grace and why we find it so scandalous. Grace, when it shows up, is usually a big surprise. … Read Post
01.04.2011 – 42nd Generation – 4 Comments on Coaching the T-squad Coaching the T-squad World Race coaches are a different breed. We’re empty nesters who, having reared our own children, apparently loved i… Read Post
01.03.2011 – Missions – 11 Comments on We’re in India today We’re in India today We’ve arrived in India this morning (24 hours on 3 planes). It’s been ten years since my first visit. I remember the … Read Post
01.01.2011 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 9 Comments on A fresh start A fresh start Who hasn’t made mistakes and longed for a do-over? To be human is to make a mess of things. We’re born making messes … Read Post
12.31.2010 – Community and Covenant – 6 Comments on Finding good friends & coworkers Finding good friends & coworkers My coworkers and friends Deryck and Serena Livingston illustrate an important principle for me: We should work with… Read Post
12.30.2010 – Better Living – 8 Comments on The magic of discovery The magic of discovery A few years ago, as we were flying the long hours from Paris to Kenya, we noticed that the stewardesses efforts to ma… Read Post
12.29.2010 – Spiritual Formation – 5 Comments on God needs to be bigger in our eyes God needs to be bigger in our eyes When Clint Bokelman’s son Caden was four, Clint was tucking him into bed. Caden looked up at Clint and said, “We can’… Read Post
12.28.2010 – Missions – 5 Comments on Meeting descendents of Hudson Taylor’s converts Meeting descendents of Hudson Taylor’s converts Ten years ago one of teams went on a mission trip to a town in the mountains of China. One of our team members, Debor… Read Post
12.27.2010 – Finding your call – 13 Comments on Called to make incredible pizza Called to make incredible pizza As 2010 comes to an end, it’s a good time to ask the question, “What is God calling me to do with my life?” Often he… Read Post
12.25.2010 – Kingdom Reality – 4 Comments on Jesus keeps showing up Jesus keeps showing up On Christmas, Jesus changed his shape and took on human sinew. Every Dec. 25 since then, we’re reminded of the story … Read Post
12.24.2010 – Radical Living – 20 Comments on Why my church rebelled against the American Dream Why my church rebelled against the American Dream Just finished the book Radical this week. I loved it – please get it for Christmas and apply it. The path Jesus s… Read Post
12.22.2010 – Amazing God Stories – 5 Comments on Confronting a warlock in Caracas Confronting a warlock in Caracas Arriving in Caracas, Venezuela in 1993, our team immediately saw its cauldron of contradictions. Skyscrapers and slu… Read Post
12.21.2010 – A broken world – 25 Comments on A life filled with special needs A life filled with special needs I’d like to tell you about maybe the hardest thing in my life. But it’s nothing compared with how hard it is for her…. Read Post
12.20.2010 – Amazing God Stories – 62 Comments on Does Jesus still raise the dead? Does Jesus still raise the dead? I used to think that when Jesus told his disciples to pray for the dead to be raised, what he said didn’t pertain to … Read Post
12.19.2010 – Orphans – 5 Comments on She doesn’t know it yet She doesn’t know it yet Stacey Hume is in South Africa. This post is from her blog: Shedoesn’t know it yet, but her mother is dead… Read Post
