Red Letters

I’m headed out in the morning to speak The Unite Conference in Canada. I’m really excited about seeing some good friends I’ve made there this past spring. Emily is going with me for two days and we’re staying the night with Brian and Joyce Doerksen who are wonderful, incredible people. You may remember Brian from…

What is your story?   Each year, Children’s HopeChest sends close to 1,000 volunteers to minister to orphans around the world. And after every trip, I am always amazed at the creative ways that God uses each of us to bring his love to orphans. Well, today I have a special request and a unique…

Today is the LAST DAY to register to win a free missions trip with Children’s HopeChest through the EMI/HearItFirst.com promotion. They’ve already had TRIPLE the normal response for people signing up to win this trip. It’s an all-expenses-paid missions trip for two. The winners will travel with me to Swaziland, visiting the carepoints, ministering to…

For all of you interested in being published: A book, an article, a short story, or a poem. I’ve started a new blog on the writing life called, An Author’s Blog. Here, I hope to speak transparently about the ins and outs of publishing and how to be published. Please bookmark this site and keep…

After I submitted the final manuscript of Red Letters to my publisher, we were able to work out a deal where a portion of the book sales are invested in feeding orphans. In fact, there’s a sticker on the front of the book that says: Buy this book & feed an orphan for a month.…

This video premiered at the Awakening Fest back in September, and now it’s part of the Red Letters book tour this fall.

In the picture on my blog, I’m wearing a hat from K2 The Church from Salt Lake City. Back in August, I had the privilege of speaking at their weekend services. Here’s the video of my Red Letters message. Hope you enjoy it!

There is a new movie coming out this fall called Trade, and it explores the world of sex trafficking. I watched this powerful trailer today, and wanted to share it with you. Like me, you might think that sex trafficking happens only in far off places. Trade exposes how much of this dark world is…

Join International Bloggers Day for Burma now! Thanks to Mike Todd for writing a great article on this and waking us up to this crisis.

We have to declare a war on Poverty. "Stupid poverty" as Bono calls it. I couldn’t agree more. 25% of Myanmar’s children don’t live to the age of 5. 132,000 children there under 5 die every year because of preventable diseases. Ridiculous. There’s a group of people out there who will be champions and eliminate…

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