Buechner on the subject of answering a call to ministry is so good, he's poetic. "I hear you are entering the ministry," the woman said down the lo...
In yesterday's blog, I shared the story of a pastor I met in Cuba named Manuel who is fearless in the face of persecution. Here is another story he sh...
Here's a great story from Bob Logan's book on church planting movements that I pulled off Steve Addison's blog. Sure, here is the text with paragra...
I believe in taking risks. When a risk has been prayed over and is God-directed, it is a form of faith. Here's an example: This past week I was on ...
This past month our World Race team in the Andes mountains in Peru met an elderly couple, Emilio and Luisa Chavez. After some conversation, they led L...
Here is an issue that so many of us want to keep private and off-limits even to good friends, much as we would refrain...
The following from Buechner makes the distinction between Christian words and the concepts behind them. Many of us who follow Jesus need to examine th...
We're sitting here in another World Race training conference in Georgia. We're challenging the naturalistic worldview that young people get by osmo...
We are a people who discard our remnants. On this resurrection day, it is worth considering a God who loves the remnant and the dramatic sensibility o...
Last week my old friend Damon Ghee made a special effort to see Karen and I after we'd not seen one another for a couple of years. He dr...
