“I am so happy. I can talk to God in Thai!” These words, coming from a new believer named Alisa in the wee hours of the morning in Chiangmai, Thailand, epitomize my recent trip there. Hannah and I journeyed from Raleigh, to Detroit, to Tokyo, to Bangkok for the night, then to Chiangmai to join our students already there on a mission trip/class. This was my first trip to Asia and Hannah’s first out of the country, and what a … →

I get emails, do you? I get lots-requests to speak at places, questions from students, testimonies from students (I never get tired of those), and many others. But there is one type of email I truly love the most. These are emails from strangers who read a book I wrote or heard me speak or just stumbled onto my website, and then who feel freedom, or maybe safety, to vent. Here is Ashley’s story in part, used with her permission. … →