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Tonight Karen and I celebrate 26 years of marriage. Wow - I never thought I'd live this long or experience this much in life, and in the middle of...
While it’s a given that the greatest impact of most short-term mission (STM) trips is on the participants themselves, there are certain kinds of...
Here’s what I wrote to our 4000 participants who spent a week trying to help rebuild New Orleans this past year: Many people look at their missio...
Yesterday I wrote what may have seemed to some short-term missions (STM) practioners a fairly inflammatory blog. Some readers may be forgiven for aski...
I’ve been doing short-term missions (STMs) for 30 years now as an organizer and participant. I’ve written more articles and essays on the subject ...
I've watched those who look a lot like Jesus to me and those who are, in John Eldredge's words, just "posers." I suppose there are a lot reasons for t...
Brother Andrew tells the following story giving us a perspective on how devout Muslim perceives American Christians. In a meeting with Ayatollah Fa...
Just saw this article on CNN.com. We Christians may be the last ones to notice some of the trends leading people to these conclusions. Your tho...
If you want to become a good discipler, then you need to learn how to become a spiritual coach. And if you're going to coach someone, that is, to help...
When my daughter Emily was 13, we visited Elmer, a retired blind man in the hollers of coal mining country in West Virginia. Here's how Emily related ...
