An example of God helping process trauma
Almost all of us have experienced trauma of one kind or another. And many of us may never get around to trying to find healing. If we do, thank God ...
Refugees & Crisis
Trauma Processing Can Begin As Wars End
The photo above is a shot of the citizens of Syria looking for food or a chance to leave their country as it is being destroyed in 2014. This week...
Dreaming
Your Art Needs a Frame: The Power of Structure in Creativity
The picture above is of an old church in Sorrento, Italy. Its priest, my friend Rito Maresca, has a dream of a coffee shop that offers the best co...
Education
How We Read Books is Radically Changing
I love books and spend much of my life reading, but the way I read books has been undergoing a radical tranformation recently. When Kindle came al...
Comfort and Pain
Do Hard Things
The path forward seemed so hard. My dream was to start Adventures.org, but it seemed impossible. Karen was pregnant with our fifth child (Talia, o...
A broken world
Suicide and Not Dying With Regrets
When people commit suicide, they inevitably leave the wreckage of unanswered questions as their friends try to understand WHY? Often, friends and ...
Wrecked
Saying Goodbye to Hunter: How To Respond When a Friend Commits Suicide?
Recently, Hunter Young took his life. Of course it was a devastating shock to those of us who loved him. But all the more so given the joy that he s...
A broken world
Hunter Young - We Will Miss You
Hunter Young was a World Racer who took his life a couple of weeks ago. Those of us who knew him are still trying to sort it out. It was a shock. ...
Redemption
How To Start Over
Although a lot of voters are in post-election mourning, most of us are at least thrilled to get the election over with. Both candidates saw the co...
Fighting your enemy
Trouble is Normal - Prepare For It!
I have friends who are leading causes scattered around the world, but one thing they have in common. They all seem to be up to their eyeballs in p...