Have you ever not invited someone to a party because they were socially awkward or unpredictable? Sometimes people make us uncomfortable because we don’t know what they are going to do next. Jesus was like that. People hated him so…

I am reading a book by Miroslav Volf where he mentions that a common misconception we have of God is The Negotiator. As humans we tend to bargain with God because we think he is like us. I have visited…

Sometimes when I want to feel good about myself, I look up the craziest Kanye or Trump quotes and I laugh at the things these guys say.  At times they are very similar. I think the both of them would…

Ok, maybe not everything. Maybe the way you learned it is wrong. Or maybe you haven’t really learned everything you think you have. Let me explain.  Look at this chart. Would you just look at it? I stole this here. …

Living from the overflow Scott Esposito pulls me aside before we meet with a dozen world racers. “I’m going to do the cup analogy again. I hope I’m not boring you to death with that one.” As the volunteers who…

I work with an organization called the World Race. It’s an eleven month discipleship journey around the globe. Thousands of adventure-seeking Jesus followers in their mid-twenties have signed up for this trip. As a contact for the World Race, I…

  This last month I had an opportunity to travel to a Chile and visit my friend Will Hughes. Will is a legend who has followed Jesus to Romania, Haiti, and the Middle East.  Years ago Will took time out…

I live in Granada, Nicaragua. I have lived here for three years. At this point I am used to grey water flowing in the streets, packs of toothless dogs nosing through garbage, and laughing at the taxi driver who tries…

Every month I sit down and send out an email. I go back through my pictures and the calendar on my phone and try to remember what happened in the last month.  I do this because there is a group…