What could be more heart-breaking than to hear a woman ask you to take her baby so that the baby might live? There's something desperately wrong whe...
I just had an experience I found humorous. This past month, Swaziland has been front and center for me. We just returned from there last week. Because...
Not all short-term missions (STMs) work. That they have a greater impact on participants than the people they go to help is a given. But beyond th...
Blog reader Justin Rhodes read this December 16 blog wherein I threw out the idea, "Start an organization that asks orphans for their dreams and the...
Almost every ancient culture understood that boys, especially, needed help if they were ever to become warriors capable of protecting and leading the ...
Just back from Pittsburgh where we watched AIM family members Paul Van Der Werf & Julia Harper break hundreds of hearts by finally tyin...
When I first met him, he had a different name. Partly as a result of his profound identification with his role as a missionary in the Hispanic world, ...
So, I'm giving twitter, a micro-blogging social network, a shot. A lot of people I know are spending more of their time twittering, so I wanted to joi...
Short-term missions (STMs) changed my life. They've played a huge role in helping all five of our children to grow in their faith. Th...
I'm on a Swaziland kick in this blog like I was in a Cambodia kick in my life in 1980. When a country goes through its death throes, at a minimum, its...
