A quick trip to India.

Phone calls. Texting. Emails. Social media posts. They’re all examples of technology that have made the face-to-face, knee-to-knee, hand-on-your-shoulder meeting obsolete. At least they’ve tried. I’ve seen several youth pastors recently asking questions (online) about how to best communicate with their students. Their polls typically provide possible answers from the list above. I receive countless […]

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The shade.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

It’s a legitimate question. It’s fun to ask it of little kids graduating from kindergarten—firefighter, pro football player, ballerina. It’s important to ask it to teens considering where to go to college and what to study—entrepreneur, engineer, graphic designer.

But it’s a question that’s just as important for you and me to answer because it inspires us to dream—to step out of the comfort of who we are to become who we were meant to be.

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So, what's next?

“What are you going to do next?”

I’ve been asked it at the grocery store, the gas station, in text messages and emails, and in a steady stream of phone calls from good friends… people, I’m sure, aren’t trying to pry, but are simply demonstrating their concern and curiosity. Thank you.

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