I talked to the lady at the hotel who puts out our breakfast. “What do you do?” she asks. We must look like a sight, scrounging around for donuts and eggs and coffee with all our ragamuffin kids. “We travel for work,” I say. But, I can tell she’s still curious, so I...
Sometimes when national tragedies happen, we struggle to know how to respond. We want to do something about it. And when our children ask questions, we worry about the impact these things can have on them. This blog from my wife, Donna, may encourage you and help you...
As one of the two most important commandments in all of Scripture and a direct evidence of being made alive in Christ (1 John 3:10), it’s important to ask ourselves this simple question often: Am I loving others well? Use this downloadable worksheet to...
The birthplace of Christian fasting1 is homesickness for God. In the summer of 1967, I had been in love with Noël for a whole year. If you had told me then that we would have to wait another year and a half to marry, I would have protested firmly. For us, it seemed,...
Ancient cultures were ethnically tribal and difficult to evangelize. Missionaries learned the importance of access, of getting on the inside—of mastering the language, culture, and customs, of adopting the dress and understanding the rituals. Our cultural structure is...
John Wesley, one of the great revival preachers of the eighteenth century, is known popularly for a number of things. This is the man who had his “heart strangely warmed” and became the preacher who would declare not that the parish was his world, but...
