Why do we do short-term missions (STMs)? There are many answers, but the best is that, as disciples of Jesus, we should try to do what he modeled...
Anything I've learned to do in life, I began doing poorly. It's the way we learn. Think about the things you've mastered that you failed at initially:...
I thought about what I could give you that might be a gift this Christmas. Maybe a small piece of my often over-protected heart? Maybe the story o...
I spent the first hours of this morning reflecting. I looked back on my last year in order to make adjustments that will help me in 2019. Richa...
My dad is paralyzed and is slowly dying in a nursing home. I'm his primary caregiver and see him almost every day. But our relationship has been hard ...
We're sponsoring a competition to help you change a corner of the world and bring your dreams alive. The Global Passion Project is easy to enter. An...
I'm concerned about inheritance. Inheritance is the giving of what is valuable from one generation to the next. My kids are grown and my parents are d...
One day Andrew Shearman said something to me that stopped me in my tracks, "We need to celebrate the loss of innocence." Celebrate the loss of i...
My dad, Asa ("Ace") Barnes, died this past Monday, April 22, 2019. He was a husband to Jean and a father to me, Liz, Christy and Nate. Ace was born ...
When candidates for the World Race apply, we look for one thing more than anything else. We want to know if they have a YES in their spirit. To gro...
