The three main models of student missions
I'm neck-deep in short-term missions - I've been doing them since leaving for Guatemala as a young punk in 1975. These days I have a love-hate relatio...
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I'm neck-deep in short-term missions - I've been doing them since leaving for Guatemala as a young punk in 1975. These days I have a love-hate relatio...
Q: As we seek to create a culture of honesty and vulnerability in our small group, how do we maintain a healthy community when group members monop...
Caveat to this blog - The following never occurred in my family. My family communicated perfectly. Ahem. Ever hear this slice of conversation in yo...
April 15 - Tax day. It's a downer of a day in a season when we may have so much that is negative or numbing in our lives already. Our society puts a p...
I have a love/hate relationship with my privileged status as an American. On the one hand, it's great to have a couple of cars, a house, and stuff tha...
I'm headed home from Florida, will meet my board at the airport in Atlanta for our semi-annual meeting. It's going to be a low-key, quick meeting. The...
If you've been following my blog series, you'll recall that I was on the Thai/Cambodia border at the height of Pol Pot's rein of terror. I was in ch...
I'm in Florida with my college friends. We're going fishing for sailfish or shark today. I guess you could say that we'll be flirting with danger. It'...
I lead a fairly large and innovative ministry. It didn't start in 1989 when we got our incorporation papers. If you look back in time, maybe it starte...
I'm in Florida on vacation and today we celebrate Karen's birthday. She's the woman of my dreams - so this is a day to have a party! If you comment on...