Belize, Generosity, PathLight,

When Helping . . . Helps

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

Belize, PathLight,

The Power of Friendships

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

Belize, Leadership, PathLight,

Nope, no age discrimination here!

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,

Family, Sabbatical,

Jesus on Vacation

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

Leadership, So you think you're a writer?,

Deleting Leadership

A few weeks ago I accidentally deleted over a thousand files from my computer. Thankfully I recovered them all, but they came back unsorted. All the business files were mixed with the PathLight files or the Westmont files or the family files, for instance.  I’ve been slowly putting them in

Leadership, Salvaged,

Vines and Ministries

Quick Commercial: My new book is released next week, June 2nd! Please order a copy here. Okay, back to thought of the week: In the last few weeks I’ve had several people tell me it’s time for them to move on from a ministry they lead. It reminded me of