God made us to party & fight
We've completed our fourth after-party on the heels of Talia's wedding and I think it's biblical. There was the debrief party, then the brunch party w...
Faith & risk
Uncertainty is the birthing room of faith
Over in the Sudan, Uche is trying to organize a conference a few days from now for the young people of Yei. Never mind that they have no money to pay ...
Culture and Faith
Graduates, it's not about you
Mike Paschall shares how God spoke to him a while back: "It's been about you to this point. When can it be about us?" Profound question. When can...
Improving yourself
What would you say to yourself 10 years ago?
Get in a time machine with me and go back ten years. You arrive in 2001 - a year that brought a great deal of change. The World Trade Center is still ...
Orphans
Golfing 180 holes in 1 day for 36 orphans
Elijah Bene has been dreaming for years of building an orphanage in his hometown of Beira, Mozambique. 36 orphans need a home and Elijah wants to ...
Poverty
Who will fill the hole in her heart?
Philip Cron is a young man from West Virginia who Karen and I coach on the World Race. He shared the following story from Swaziland: "One night before...
Living Free
We need to share our stuff
A lot of us are carrying baggage that we need to share, but we don't know how. I don't know about you, but this was true for me for years. If someone ...
Culture and Faith
Why does God hang out with flaky Christians?
God keeps a different group of friends than I would keep. Of course there are those of you who love him the best you can and we'd probably share you a...
Journeys
Get in a van and just go
Some of you need to do what Tracy Chapman sang about in Fast Car: You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal ...
Improving yourself
You're either a sponge or a spigot
I just cleaned a pan in the sink a half an hour ago. Went back and now there it was dirty again! It had fried egg-gunk on it this time. So I turned on...
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