Courage

Parenting , Faith & risk , Courage

Parents - Your Kids Need You to Trust Them More

Last night I was on a Zoom call with some young adults who I got to know four years ago. We began the call catching up with one another. The first gu...

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Loving Justice But Lacking Courage

When the 2010 Haiti earthquake killed over 200,000 people and left so many others homeless, my son moved into action. It was chaos there. People w...

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The 5 Activations of Jesus

A lot of people call themselves Christians and they think that God is most interested in the quality of their belief system. Jesus asks us to beli...

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What are you fighting for?

  Over on the border of Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainians have moved from defense to offense, pouring into Russia in a daring move. But then, they ...

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What an Ordinary Hero Looks Like

"We were near the front lines in Kherson, Ukraine. A massive explosion went off next door. Windows shattered, and debris landed all around us. In...

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Ministering to Girls Caught in Sex Trade

It was 1995, I took a team of about 40 young people from Omaha to Tampico, Mexico on a mission project. We arrived well past midnight. It was a ho...

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I Lost My Courage & Had to Fight to Get it Back

Last night on my iphone I accidentally deleted a file called "Courageous Living" a list of eight ways to live courageously. I went to sleep thinking "...

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Resisting the Nazis to Save a Life

This morning I was listening the On Being podcast with Ariel Burger, the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom. Burger sha...

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I'm Learning How to Act Courageously

Our nation is in the grips of an epidemic. And I'm not talking about Covid; I'm talking about fear. Yes, Covid is real and we should be prudent. But w...

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When Do We Pivot to Being Courageous?

Which of these best describes how you've been feeling this past month? A. Fearful B. Bored C. Anxious D. Courageous I'm guessing not many of you ...