Challenging believers to adventurous and Christ-filled lives through wild steps of faith
Today I'd like to point to you my friend's blog who hosted me this week. This is the first part of the post, but to finish reading, you'll need to go to her blog by clicking here. I'll also be giving away a free copy of my book on her blog. Go to the link… Continue reading INTO THE WILD: How To Fight Your Fear of God’s Calling
"Be safe." "Don't go to dangerous places." "Don't do what you aren't comfortable with." I've heard lots of people say these things. But is this really what life is about? What if there's a grand adventure for us out there that requires us to take these risks? One big risk I took while in the… Continue reading Why I Befriended a Known ISIS Sympathizer
Sometimes we reach places in life where we just aren't sure where God's calling us to go. In those moments, what do we do? Do we stop and wait? Maybe. But, oftentimes we just need to take that first step of faith. Though there are many valid reasons why we should wait for God to… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why You Should Take that First Step of Faith
Is your life meaningful? Are you excited to wake up each day? Do you feel like you are making a difference in the world? Does your life feel like an adventure? Last week I shared some challenging words from my heart in my post 3 Reasons Why I’m Mad at the American Church, and I… Continue reading 2 Ways to Answer Your Heart’s Cry for Adventure
If you are like me, sometimes it's easy to feel as if God shouldn't use us. We are too messed up, too selfish, too unknowledgeable. I can't tell you the number of times I've taken a step back and thanked God for choosing to use me even though I didn't feel like I deserved to… Continue reading God Desires to Use You!
I know Easter happened last week, but God's recently shown me an important lesson from the Easter story that I think we should all learn. As beautiful as Easter is, we are still facing this pandemic. As we look around, we realize life on this planet is brutal. We lose friends just as quickly as… Continue reading Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? A Lesson From Easter
A lot of us have far more time on our hands than we'd want. At first this was great, but now we are stuck wondering "What now?" When we burn time on media or doing miscellaneous things, it's easy to lose focus. What are we living for? Why are we here? What is our purpose?… Continue reading 4 Great Ways to Spend Your Time with God Inside
In this episode, I interview Matt and Sophia McCann who focus on sharing the gospel with the Yanesha people in Peru. Matt and Sophia share about how they knew God was calling them to Peru, the difficulties they faced, how they persevered, and some of the amazing stories God brought about already just in their… Continue reading Episode 11: Persevering Through Difficulty with Matt and Sophia McCann (Part 2)
First of all, I want to make it very clear that I'm not glad this pandemic is happening. Thousands have died and our economy is going nuts. I'm not glad about any of this. If I had the ability to flip a switch and make it never happen, you can bet I would do so… Continue reading Three Reasons Why I think the Coronavirus is Good
In this episode, I interview Matt and Sophia McCann who are currently doing missions work in Peru. Matt and Sophia share about their challenging work of reaching natives and how they have to balance respecting the culture of the Yanesha people while also being willing to point them to Biblical truths. Check out the last… Continue reading Episode 10: Respectfully Reaching Indigenous Tribes with Matt and Sophia McCann (Part 1)