A bit of advice for my friends deconstructing their faith. The junkyard is where things are taken apart. There’s a reason people in the business called them auto dismantling centers! We earned our living by stripping cars of every valuable part, then selling the bits and pieces to our customers.
A friend of mine was sitting next to me in the front row of a conference. It was the opening session and we were listening to the host, a pastor, give the welcome. My friend was going to speak immediately after the pastor was finished. But just before my friend
I’ve held back on sharing this story because I didn’t want to embarrass anyone. But several years have passed and it seems okay to share now. It began with a presentation I gave about the work PathLight is doing in Belize. An acquaintance listened and then quickly dismissed the work
You’ve heard that I’m the new Interim CEO of PathLight International. One thing I’ve been pondering is how to integrate my writing with my role at PathLight, and I’ve come up with a plan. It’s a way to help PathLight, promote my writing, and give you something unique. If you
For years our work at PathLight has assumed that friendships across geography, economics, race, and culture can create a better future for the students in the program. A recent study — reported here by Axios — confirms this. It’s a simple concept really. Raise kids around other kids different from
Hey, I’m back from vacation! And did you hear the crazy news? PathLight International, an organization I co-founded and greatly admire, has hired a sixty-something snarky white guy to become their Chief Executive Officer.Worse, he has no academic training in missions, never lived in a foreign country, only speaks English,
A lot is made about Jesus sneaking off to pray alone. Different people have different takes on this, including the obvious commitment to prayer Jesus displayed. But honestly, for all we know he played video games and came back refreshed. Okay, so that’s unlikely, but are you denying something is
One of my goals for Junkyard Wisdom Rebuilt was to offer tangible ways to be generous. As one critic said about my first book, “It explains the why, but not the how.” That was by design of course — explaining the “how” of generosity can quickly slip into becoming prescriptive.