06.18.2008 – 42nd Generation – 2 Comments on Andrew Shearman: Becoming God with skin on Andrew Shearman: Becoming God with skin on Today Karen and I arrive in Africa – land of religious fervor and conflict. In places like the Sudan, the Muslims do… Read Post
06.17.2008 – 42nd Generation – 3 Comments on Shearman: God will give the inheritance to a generation Shearman: God will give the inheritance to a generation Today Karen and I leave for Africa. It is one long flight! You get on the plane and 18 hours later you step off, fe… Read Post
06.16.2008 – Eswatini / Swaziland – 7 Comments on Swaziland needs you – 10 reasons to go Swaziland needs you – 10 reasons to go Becca Christian, an AIM missionary in Swaziland, had a typical day last week. Here’s what she heard as she walked th… Read Post
06.15.2008 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 1 Comment on Obama calls for more responsibility from black fathers Obama calls for more responsibility from black fathers Say what you want about Obama; I love what he said today to black men in America. As a black man, he has the moral au… Read Post
06.15.2008 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 10 Comments on To you with no father on Father’s Day To you with no father on Father’s Day I leave for Swaziland, a land with few fathers, two days after Father’s Day. It made me think of what an un… Read Post
06.14.2008 – 42nd Generation – 2 Comments on Shearman: Where’d the 42nd generation come from? Shearman: Where’d the 42nd generation come from? Recently I was talking to Andrew Shearman about one of his life messages – the 42nd generation. It’s such an origin… Read Post
06.13.2008 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 4 Comments on Spiritual fathers to a fatherless generation Spiritual fathers to a fatherless generation With Father’s Day around the corner, many will not be celebrating. What a shame that fatherlessness in America is ra… Read Post
06.12.2008 – Living Free – 14 Comments on Is it ever too late to apologize? Is it ever too late to apologize? Maybe you’ve heard that song by One Republic, “Too Late to Apologize.” It has gotten more “spins” on the radio than a… Read Post
06.11.2008 – Parenting – 6 Comments on How to launch your kids into the world How to launch your kids into the world I was driving down the highway toward Tennessee with Estie (now 22). She was talking about styles of parenting and ho… Read Post
06.10.2008 – Better Living – 3 Comments on Jesus and the Fast Forward button on your life Jesus and the Fast Forward button on your life Can anybody relate to the I Love Lucy chocolate wrapping episode? It cracks me up every time. Partly because my life … Read Post
06.09.2008 – Revival – 37 Comments on Assessing the Lakeland critics Assessing the Lakeland critics I got a number of emails this morning asking me what I thought of the Lakeland revival. One had a Youtube link showin… Read Post
06.07.2008 – World Race – 6 Comments on Offer to any twenty-something yearning for community Offer to any twenty-something yearning for community I’m putting an offer out there to any twenty-something who’s ever dreamed of giving up on their own independence and … Read Post
06.07.2008 – Parenting – 3 Comments on Gary Black: We need to let children feel pain to grow Gary Black: We need to let children feel pain to grow To help our children grow, we have to let them feel pain. I interviewed Gary Black, discussing one of our favorite t… Read Post
06.06.2008 – Listening prayer – 45 Comments on How can I get close to the heart of God? How can I get close to the heart of God? Get a Free eBook: Do you want to grow closer to God in your prayer times? I’ve written a free guide called The Three … Read Post
06.06.2008 – Vulnerability and me – 3 Comments on When your spirit awakens When your spirit awakens After Karen went to sleep a few nights ago, I kept on watching Sleepless In Seattle. We’d started it at about 10:20 … Read Post
06.05.2008 – Portraits of Disciplers – 10 Comments on Andrew Shearman: When I hit bottom Andrew Shearman: When I hit bottom Yesterday I began a series of interviews with Andrew Shearman. For some strange reason, it helps us to know that… Read Post
06.04.2008 – 42nd Generation – 7 Comments on Shearman: What does “Die or be killed” mean?” Shearman: What does “Die or be killed” mean?” Andrew Shearman, Gary Black and I flew to Dallas a few weeks ago to meet. Ostensibly we were talking about our d… Read Post
06.03.2008 – Revival – 46 Comments on Is being “slain in the Spirit” biblical? Is being “slain in the Spirit” biblical? A couple of days ago I wrote a blog entitled A skeptic visits the Lakeland revival. Justin asked a great question an… Read Post
06.03.2008 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 4 Comments on How to father a daughter to greatness How to father a daughter to greatness There is greatness in our young people. They have enough ideas and energy to change the world. Gary Black, and I are … Read Post
06.02.2008 – Vulnerability and me – 20 Comments on Giving a generation its inheritance Giving a generation its inheritance OK, better to go ahead and admit it. I’m officially over-the-hill as of today. Yup, I hit the Big 5-0 (cue the scary … Read Post
06.01.2008 – Revival – 23 Comments on A skeptic visits the Lakeland revival A skeptic visits the Lakeland revival After selling her home, leaving her job as a sales rep at a software firm and leading a team of 25 radicals around th… Read Post
05.31.2008 – Missions – 33 Comments on The lost Amazon tribe – should we care? The lost Amazon tribe – should we care? Did you see the following article about this tribe in the Amazon jungle that has never been touched by our modern wor… Read Post
05.30.2008 – Culture and Faith – No Comments on Lennon’s God Lennon’s God According to Jeff Goins, if you Google “God,” this song by John Lennon comes up as one of the top ten search results…. Read Post
05.30.2008 – Discipling – 3 Comments on Results of our discipleship experiment Results of our discipleship experiment In our never-ending quest to help you grow in your faith on this blog, we offered a nine week discipling experiment t… Read Post
