03.20.2025 – Parenting – 7 Comments on Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip In 2002, our oldest child, Talia, was graduating high school. Whatever final touches we wanted to put on the pare…
03.13.2025 – Better Living – 8 Comments on 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage My wife Karen is a therapist who sees a lot of couples whose relationship is in trouble. They are struggling and …
03.06.2025 – Refugees & Crisis, Short-term missions North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane – You Can Help! Justin Rhodes took a video as Hurricane Helene threatened to wash away his family’s home and farm. A river raged …
02.27.2025 – Culture and Faith Am I a Cultural Christian? One of the questions I’ve wrestled with for much of my life is “What is a Christian?” America is known as a “Chri…
02.20.2025 – Leadership How Do I Know When to Take Action? I’m weird – I spend a lot of time reflecting, but I also tend to make quick decisions. I find that God often spea…
Finding My Old Home in Italy My Life Corrubbio, Italy – We lived there for three years. We regularly went to the opera in the Roman colosseum. We lived an idyllic life. By the time we left, I w…
Is evil impacting those you love? Fighting your enemy Are there people in your life who are struggling? I have so many friends who are currently in a struggle that feels overwhelming to them. My typical resp…
Debriefing #10 – Untangling lies from the truth Debriefing A good debrief helps untangle lies from the truth. Here’s how: A few innocent little lies are one thing, but chances are, your mission trip participan…
