Archive for 2010
I woke up at 5 am the other morning and could not go back to sleep. As opposed to laying there for an hour I decided to get up, get dressed, and go watch the sunrise. I ended up at the Newport Beach pier watching surfers brave the chilling waters, a group of Vietnamese men [...]
Perhaps our deepest fear is that we dong belong. To ‘the tribe’. That we’re separate. And perhaps it is this fear that drives us to ‘be a certain way.’ In order to belong. And compels us to hide what we believe to be imperfect. Everyone fears being disfigured. But they are disfigured. The fear is [...]
Very few films move me to tears. Of course there was Finding Nemo. Powerful stuff! But honestly I find myself crying more than ever before. I love to hear people’s stories and the movie Temple Grandin that I watched in a jet lag state the other night really inspired me. If you have not seen [...]
Finally I am sitting down to process the past 33 days I have spent in Asia. The majority of my time was spent traveling all over Thailand. After surprising John In Bangladesh I came over to Bangkok to connect with some amazing people who were part of a Xealot “Vision Trip”. Dave Gibbons gathered a [...]
Just saw this video and loved the thought of being a pioneer in places that were once frontiers but now seem like wastelands. Beautiful. Go forth. Dream. Create. Pioneer something beautiful in whatever wasteland you find yourself in.
I have been in Thailand for two weeks now and have been on the move the entire time. I have decided to extend my stay to join some friends for a trip to the Myanmar border to help with the current refugee crisis. The political situation in Myanmar is causing thousands of people to flee [...]
Living in Southern California I just spent the past few weeks living in Southern California. While there I realized that God definitely has a sense of humor. I had vowed that I would never live in America again. After the first week of being anxious and asking
Moments like this make laying your life down worth it… I just got an email that made my day. It was from John who is a great friend of mine that I met in Malaysia. When I met him he was an illegal immigrant, depressed and no hope for the future as he had been [...]
What am I doing? I have been getting this question a lot over the past few months and for good reason. The transition I have recently made does not make sense to most people. The word doing is something I have often wrestled with because it seems that we judge people and pursue relationships with [...]
Why is following Jesus into the unknown so complicated for the majority of people? About six months ago I was in the process of asking God to make it clear to me whether or not I was to make a transition or stay where I was. That is when I came across an article that [...]
Dakota and I have not done a video in a while… From now on we will be answering questions from whoever reads our blog. 2 Questions from Joanna Lee via Facebook. 1. How do you find time to reflect, write updates and commune with God with so many activities and people to meet? 2. Do [...]
I have often given the following response “ADD is a GIFT from GOD” to parents, teachers, and those people who meet me and for some reason make the observation that I am ADD, ADHD, or AD1D23 or whatever! I truly believe that ADD can be real but more often than not it is a way [...]
I have been inspired today! Love the creativity of people on this planet… And maybe those we may meet one day off this planet! Ha! A few amazing videos to inspire you today… And I thought Gumby was impressive! Watch the making of Dot here Uh-Mazing!!! I got these videos from the Creative Lab @ [...]
I recently ran across some statistics for a talk I was preparing for. It was based on the demographics of the world if the world was 100 people. And I just found this video today that communicated these stats very well…
Text messages like these remind of the reason I do what I do. They inspire me, encourage me, and remind me to keep on being me and doing what I do! “Daniel as a father I thank you for your heart towards my son. As a man I thank you for your Passion and drive [...]
Let me preface this blog with this. THIS IS NOT A GUILT TRIP! I just finished a Angus Cheeseburger Meal from McDonalds. (Yes I know I am a backslider and I need to get back on P90X and Insanity) But just wanted to share something small that I believe could have huge implications! About five [...]
Yesterday I went to a winery and paid the $5 bucks to go on a tour… It was well worth the $5 within the first five minutes. As the tour guide began she started talking about the grape vines. A few things I thought were amazing! 1. Vines grow best in adverse situations: She explained [...]
Last year while hanging with some friends in Bangkok I had the privilege of meeting and spending a few days with Mike Foster. Mike is the founder of People of The Second Chance along with his best friend Jud Wilhite. Mike has just completed a new book called GRACENOMICS: UNLEASH THE POWER OF SECOND CHANCE [...]
It all happened half way across the Pacific Ocean at 35,000 feet. I started sneezing after six hours on an airplane and could not stop. I got home and crashed out that night and then hit the ground running the next morning. I had lots of people to meet with and then Friday night I [...]
Dakota just woke up so I decided to ask him a few questions… We are going to try and connect as much as possible and just talk so those who are following our journey can get a small peak into our world. We are going to try and do this on a regular basis and [...]
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