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The Underbelly of a Dream

Lately, I’ve run smack into all the reasons why most people don’t pursue dreams or stop short of reaching them.  I keep slamming into the wall of my insecurities, inabilities, and inexperience. I’m staring at the ugly underbelly of my…

Tenacity and the Army

As we were leaving Alabama Friday afternoon, I got a front row seat to see the perfect picture of dreaming lived out in real-time. The Chicago team was tasked to help out around base camp.  One of the tasks was…

Tornados and Neighbors

We’ve been in northern Alabama near Fort Payne since Monday. We’ve met many hard working, compassionate people here at base camp.  The night we got here, about 100 people filtered through who had been out clearing debris and ministering to…

The Story of Lori

We met Lori yesterday.   We were waiting for the AIM team to come back to base camp to give us instructions. We were hanging out on the shaded front porch of True Adventures Sports (our contact for the Tornado…

Lily’s Dream

We held a workshop in Birmingham today.  It was a huge success.  We could feel God moving through us and stirring up hearts.   It was all very good. One thing that stuck out to me was a moment with my…

Playing Catch Up

SO, I wanted to blog every day while on this tour.  Obviously that hasn’t happened.  So, I thought the first thing I’d do is bring you up to speed…quickly.   Headed out on Friday afternoon.  Here we are with last…

It’s Time!

I’m sitting here looking over a lake, it’s a perfect 80 degrees, there’s a lovely wind blowing, birds are singing, and the sounds of the other campers are wafting up as they head out for a day of fun.  Yeah. …