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12.06.2022 – Writing Blogs and Books – 13 Comments

Books I’ve Written, Including Some You’ve Never Seen

I began writing when I was young. Since high school, I’ve kept a journal. And as a 23 year-old working overseas, I wr…

spiritual feedback

11.21.2022 – Debriefing – No Comments

What is Spiritual Feedback?

I grew up in a family that did not have great feedback loops. We were all about high-performance, but often you didn’…

learning from the door closing behind you

11.21.2022 – Finding your call – 2 Comments

Learning from the door closing behind you

If you’ve been fired, why did it happen? As a young man, I was fired twice. The story I told myself about it I…

hurricane ian

10.06.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 1 Comment

How You Can Respond to Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian – over 100 dead and $100B in private insurance claims. One of the worst natural disasters of our li…

Hiking the Camino

09.27.2022 – Journeys – 7 Comments

5 Lessons From a Decade Hiking the Camino

I remember the first day I hiked the Camino de Santiago nearly 10 years ago. It was early in May – the air was cr…

protect their children

09.07.2022 – Parenting – 1 Comment

How Can Parents Protect Their Children From Pain?

Talia was just two years old when she pulled a pot of hot grits off the stove and burned her hand. She screamed in …

world race

08.30.2022 – World Race – 2 Comments

A World Race Squad 10 Years Later

September 2012, we launched a World Race squad of 60 – the “L squad.” They came from all over America to the Atla…

catholics

08.26.2022 – Church – 10 Comments

What I Learned By Working With Catholics

I love Alpha, the ministry that introduces people to Jesus without all the trappings of organized religion. They …

Colin Sullivan

08.16.2022 – Radical Living – 11 Comments

What We’ll Miss About Colin Sullivan

Two months after returning from his World Race, Colin Sullivan and his squad came back to Georgia for a reunion. …

happy life

07.28.2022 – Improving yourself – 18 Comments

The Key To a Happy Life as You Get Older

I’m 64 and have an actuarial lifespan of another 19 years. I’ve been studying how to make the best of them. When …

men's retreat

07.21.2022 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 10 Comments

What Does a Good Men’s Retreat Look Like?

In ten days I’m flying to Italy to lead a men’s retreat for some priests. My question: What should it look like i…

schuylar's passing

07.11.2022 – Comfort and Pain – 2 Comments

Making Sense of Schuylar’s Passing

For those who loved Schuylar Barnes, watching her fight cancer was excruciating. She wasn’t just fighting for lif…

Gret Glyer

06.29.2022 – A broken world – 11 Comments

Gret Glyer Was a World Changer

When, one day, they make the movie about his life, you’ll perhaps get a sense of its impact. Gret didn’t just hav…

vulnerable leader

06.23.2022 – Leadership – 2 Comments

How Can I Grow as a Leader?

A student asked me, “What leadership books changed your life?” I’ve read so many, but I don’t know that any bo…

42-day fasting

06.16.2022 – My Life – 5 Comments

When I Fasted 42 Days

It was 2006. Andrew Shearman had spoken to the AIM staff retreat the previous year. It had felt like we were on t…

Neighborhood

06.07.2022 – A broken world – 6 Comments

Today the World’s Mess Showed Up in Our Neighborhood

What a crazy world. My son Seth and daughter Estie were driving home and the entire neighborhood was blocked by p…

missile in ukraine

05.10.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 2 Comments

Relief Team Narrowly Avoids Missile in Ukraine

I’ve been part of a team getting aid to refugees and displaced Ukrainians. We try and get food to the east of Ukr…

opportunities young people deserve

04.29.2022 – Finding your call – 7 Comments

4 Opportunities Young People Deserve

We Christians wonder why so many young people are leaving the faith and struggling. We point our finger at media an…

Ukrainian Mom

04.21.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 1 Comment

Ukrainian Mom Writes Her Daughter’s Name on Her Back

I couldn’t get this photo out of my mind – it speaks of a mother’s love & heartbreak. So I wrote a poem about…

world race partners

04.14.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 2 Comments

How World Race Partners to Help Ukraine

When Nick Lam went on the World Race, he had no idea how it would change him. Yesterday he drove a van that took …

targeted by evil

04.01.2022 – Fighting your enemy – 4 Comments

Are you being targeted by evil today?

Many Christians no longer believe that there is a personal evil that is seeking to destroy the works of God and the c…

Ukraine War

03.18.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 6 Comments

The Ukraine War is Personal – It’s Time to Respond

The war in Ukraine is personal for me. 22 years ago, my sister and her husband flew to Ukraine to adopt my nephew T…

Courage Looks Like

03.03.2022 – Refugees & Crisis – 3 Comments

What Courage Looks Like

Allina Robe is a World Racer whose life and pursuit of her calling shows us what courage looks like. Three years …

dog

02.22.2022 – My Life – 12 Comments

What My Dog Has Taught Me

My dog Asha is the best dog ever – she has so many friends. But she is 12 now – what is that 84 in dog years? Tho…

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