When Clint Bokelman's son Caden was four, Clint was tucking him into bed. Caden looked up at Clint and said, "We can't see Jesus, can we, Dad?" Cli...
Ten years ago one of teams went on a mission trip to a town in the mountains of China. One of our team members, Deborah White, reported: After we c...
As 2010 comes to an end, it's a good time to ask the question, "What is God calling me to do with my life?" Often he is simply calling us to bloom w...
On Christmas, Jesus changed his shape and took on human sinew. Every Dec. 25 since then, we're reminded of the story of God performing this divine spe...
Just finished the book Radical this week. I loved it - please get it for Christmas and apply it. The path Jesus set before us may be radical, but ...
Arriving in Caracas, Venezuela in 1993, our team immediately saw its cauldron of contradictions. Skyscrapers and slums coexist uneasily. Its six m...
I'd like to tell you about maybe the hardest thing in my life. But it's nothing compared with how hard it is for her. She was born with a shortened ch...
I used to think that when Jesus told his disciples to pray for the dead to be raised, what he said didn't pertain to those of us living in the modern ...
Stacey Hume is in South Africa. This post is from her blog: Shedoesn't know it yet, but her mother is dead and her father is not around. ...
Over on Whyismarko, Mark Oestreicher asked me the question, "What is the future of youth ministry?" Basically he wanted a few predictions for 20 years...
