Who doesn't want intimacy with God? Many people doubt that it's even possible, but not those of us who follow Jesus. He modeled a life of intimacy and...
Lagos, Nigeria - What comes to mind? "Isn't that where travelers get bags stolen at the airport?" Doesn't the State Dept say: "Reconsider travel...
Saying goodbye to my dad was one of the hardest and best things I've ever done. It took a year. He was in horrible pain. He was losing everything ...
A friend wrote me to say, "I disagreed with a young person and she told me that I caused her even more trauma than she already experience and that I a...
Today my son, daughter and parents are all either in or near Cambodia, a country whose fate has intersected that of my family for years (see my last t...
In 1981, Karen and I lived in Jakarta and worked in Bali. One day, my boss, David Bussau, said, "There's a village part-way up a volcano that is ve...
What a horrible phase of life middle school was for me. Barely graduated from sixth grade, I was 77 pounds and suddenly found myself in West Jr. ...
Judgmental people frustrate me. I want to respond in kind - crossing swords with them. But Gene Horne changed my perspective with his story of God ...
In my book, Kingdom Journeys, I talk about going on my own World Race. I was 22 years old when I started. It took three years, mostly in Indonesia and...
If you are a parent or may one day raise children, what is your philosophy of pain? How much should you allow your children to experience? Surprisingl...
