So I learned a LOT on this trip and I have many hopes and dreams about what will come next for Ecuador and True North, but I think the best way to tell the story is with pictures. I took LOTS. Here are a few, with captions. This is at the Compassion Project in Quito. [...]

Two weeks ago I had a pretty unique opportunity – I got to travel to Ecuador along with about 12 other pastors from different parts of the country to see the work being done there by an outfit called Compassion International. They are best known for being a ministry through which American individuals or families [...]

I try to make it a habit to read widely, take in teaching from lots of different sources and basically live life with my eyes and ears open. Over many years of reading and listening to material from various business and church leaders, I’ve noticed a pattern: they all fail at some point, but the [...]

Do you know a people pleaser? Someone who isn’t happy unless everyone else is happy with them? Someone who just CAN’T be at peace if someone is mad at them or snubs them or is critical? Yeah. We all do. Life is difficult for people like that. For reasons too deep and varied to explore [...]