We are forever in process, wrestling to narrow the gap between our ideal self and the self who is stuck checking off today’s To Do List. Many of u...
What would you do if you were going to be killed because you were smarter than your peers? Would you lie about your background? Last month I wa...
Thirteen years after WW2 ended, my mom was a teacher putting my dad through medical school. Then - whoops - she got pregnant with me. They did thi...
When my parents arrived in the little town of Corrubbio just outside of Verona (that story here), they already had my nanny lined up. I was two. M...
If you are a parent or may one day raise children, what is your philosophy of pain? How much should you allow your children to experience? Surprisingl...
In my book, Kingdom Journeys, I talk about going on my own World Race. I was 22 years old when I started. It took three years, mostly in Indonesia and...
Judgmental people frustrate me. I want to respond in kind - crossing swords with them. But Gene Horne changed my perspective with his story of God ...
What a horrible phase of life middle school was for me. Barely graduated from sixth grade, I was 77 pounds and suddenly found myself in West Jr. ...
In 1981, Karen and I lived in Jakarta and worked in Bali. One day, my boss, David Bussau, said, "There's a village part-way up a volcano that is ve...
What could a man possibly teach us about a women's movement? Perhaps the life of David Yonggi Cho, who passed away last week, has something to teach...
