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I'm on a Swaziland kick in this blog like I was in a Cambodia kick in my life in 1980. When a country goes through its death throes, at a minimum, its...
I choose to focus on Swaziland because no nation today is dying faster. What is particularly horrifying is that it dies because Swazi women aren't saf...
One of my best friends in life is Kevin McCarthy, a pastor and counselor in Michigan. He and I were dialoguing about "why people lie." He brought ...
Here's something that's always bothered me. I was raised in a good Bible-believing church, but no one ever helped me grasp the reality of how to fig...
Indulge me for a few paragraphs on the recession: I was trained in economics and business, but am a minister by vocation. It makes for an interestin...
Not all short-term missions (STMs) work. That they have a greater impact on participants than the people they go to help is a given. But beyond th...
God has given Lindsay Stahl, a World Racer on the squad we're coaching, a wonderful, yet terrible ministry - the ministry of dying with people. It beg...
I just had an experience I found humorous. This past month, Swaziland has been front and center for me. We just returned from there last week. Because...
What could be more heart-breaking than to hear a woman ask you to take her baby so that the baby might live? There's something desperately wrong whe...
Blog reader Justin Rhodes read this December 16 blog wherein I threw out the idea, "Start an organization that asks orphans for their dreams and the...
