I first met Ryan Hughes outside the Catalyst conference last fall. His story is so amazing I had to share it. "In 2007 I got laid off from my job w...
Writing from the Paris airport with French being spoken all around me, I can think a little more clearly than back home. I don't speak French, so it's...
We need more dancing, more laughter, more healing. Life was meant to be rich with kingdom encounters. That's why I love to shine a light on the storie...
I'm going to see my best friends from college this week in Florida. We're all very different. Two doctors, a couple of businessmen, an airline pilot...
For the last couple of decades, I've been calling youth ministers to focus on their central calling - discipling young people as Jesus did his discipl...
The most important thing you need to make it through life is a sense of purpose. Without purpose, people lose their inner spark, their will to live. ...
Years ago when I heard Andrew Shearman's message about the 42nd generation, I thought to myself, "This needs to be a book." Two problems immediatel...
In my household, I can't ignore The Hunger Games. My five girls (including Karen) are fans of the book. And all are eagerly looking forward to the mov...
An old friend picked a fight with me by email. It was unprovoked, out of the blue, and offered me a test. At first I wanted to respond defensively....
Multiple times today I ran across a situation where I could see someone who was coming from a place of low trust. They were stuck. It wasn't a good pl...
