Notes from the Trail

Wednesday in Krakow

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We had a blast.
We were amazed.
God is good.
When you bring a mission team overseas, you always emphasize the “F” word. That’s flexibility. You just never know what will happen or how your plans will actually turn out. 
Our hope all [...]

Wednesday at the crack of dawn

I woke up in Krakow. At 4:50 a.m. local time. Wiiiiide awake. So off to the shower and then to find Coffee Heaven – my favorite coffee hangout here in Poland (that I know of so far). I was looking forward to seeing if I remembered how to navigate the tram ride.
Imagine my surprise to [...]

Arrival in Poland

We are here! After many months of fundraising, prayer, communication and planning, our Poland sports mission team arrived in Krakow this afternoon. We had a looooong, fun, exhausting, movie-filled plane ride of a trip. 
The main development of the trip has been the official declaration of a jokes war between me and Tracy Reed. So far, [...]

Review: essential church?

Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts
by Thom S. Rainer

The Rainer father and son authorial team – Thom and Sam – have shot the latest signal flare to urge, warn and compel the church to reach young people or die.
Based upon a comprehensive research project, the authors write, “With more than 80% of North American [...]

Yard sale of the week

Over last weekend, we started hauling junk and treasures out to our driveway and carport. All week long, we’ve continued to add items daily as we clean rooms, attics, and closets in our house. It’s been quite the adventure. Here are some things you learn during a week-long yard sale:

No matter how many times you [...]