"All supposed miracles are faked"
A year and a half ago, I posted a blog about God raising people from the dead. It was one of those blogs that got an inordinate amount of traffic. It'...
Spiritual Formation
Brokenness: One woman's journey
This is the third blog about the vicarious pain that my son, Seth, and his team are going thru in the Philippines. We all need to get to brokenness if...
Portraits of Disciplers
What does a disciple look like? Jeff Goins
I have several married men and about five young men whom I disciple - Jeff Goins is one. (Incidentally - I count on them to seek me out - I can't trac...
My Life
Celebrating Leah’s life
Let me tell you about my daughter, Leah. She's our youngest child. She turns 18 this week and we're celebrating her life. Yesterday, dressed to kill, ...
Fighting your enemy
YWAM shooter heard voices – whose were they?
By now you've seen the news reports - the YWAM shooter, Matthew Murray, was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange beh...
Poverty
Those on the margins give us life
Henry Nouwen says, "Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! "Thus, we are called a...
Spiritual Formation
Richard Rohr: A conversation
I met Richard Rohr at a retreat center in Atlanta for an extended conversation in 2006. I'd read a few of his books and found his insights profound. M...
Leadership
Trust - ways I've undermined it as a leader
Here's the final blog in a series on trust-building. Sometimes it's the things I didn't do as a leader that undermined trust the most in organizati...
Spiritual Formation
A good mission trip should disturb you
From World Racer Sean Smith: Have you ever heard a musician sing/play a song in the way you feel? Sir Frances Drake wrote this prayer in 1577. I...
Leadership
Trust - how to earn it & keep it
This is the third in a series on trust-building in leadership. Trust is the glue that enables people to function well together. Because we want to...
