There's More Out There...

From: August 11, 2007 Just a few days into this year’s Peru trip, I witnessed something that has had me thinking on the subject until this day. As we were standing outside the very small airport in the jungle town of Tarapoto, realizing our flight was actually two days later, I noticed one of the local pastors. It was the image of this pastor and his wife, an image that is still in my head right now. Now, I am sure it wouldn’t be that big of a deal to some, but to me seeing the way that those two interacted was quite refreshing. Despite the fact that they have been married for over 20 years, they looked like two high school love birds, attached at the hip. Their obvious affection for each other was amazing as they just held each other, joked and laughed. As I mentioned, it was refreshing. Why? Because it was so genuine, it was so real—they truly were in love some 20 years later. Not something you see everyday. That night, in our team debriefing, I mentioned this, and I wasn’t th...

From: August 5, 2013 "Going through the motions." That's been a phrase that has haunted me for years. Many times we're like the pilot that had become lost over the ocean and radioed, "I have no idea where I am or where I'm headed, but I'm making record time." Just days ago, I sat in a cold hotel room in a poor part of La Paz, Bolivia, dreaming with a few friends. It was one of those meetings where, I'm sure, if we could have just jotted down a few of the things that were said, we could have commenced to changing the world. You know, one of those "meetings" where a couple of adventurers get together with a disgust for normalcy, an idea that God is indeed big and just enough faith to push them to the edge...  I've found myself in meetings like that one many times throughout my life. In fact, the tag line for our ministry and a few of our lives- "There's more out there," actually came out of one of those meetin...

“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].” -Psalm 131:2 (AMP) “Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him...” -Psalm 37:7a (AMP) What does your time with our Heavenly Father look like? When you read that question what is the first thought to enter into your mind? Excitement? Peace? Joy? Or, is it a feeling of discouragement, want or shame? In our “busy” lives, is there room for God? When do you come before Him? A quick prayer in the morning, at lunch and before bed-time? He is speaking to us the Words of Psalm 14:2, “The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.” He is looking for true seekers. He is looking for those who are not satisfied with a 1-hour a week church service, but who long for more. He is looking for those who read something like John 14:12 (“Most assu...