As we begin a new year, Adventures Staff Nate Hauser shares his secret to living life to its fullest. Does your 2016 already feel just like 2015? Think for a moment on two things: your childhood and your now (whatever it is). As a child, I remember being consumed with hope of an infinitely possible future. I was going to be an astronaut, explore distant lands, go where no one had gone before. I was going to be a filmmaker. I spent my youth studying the likes of Kubrick and Spielberg. I’m a sucker for a butter-soaked popcorn blockbuster. Then as I matured, I wanted to be a pediatric oncologist....

Sometimes the reality of day-to-day life looks a lot different than on social media. Adventures staff Jen Schwab describes what it really means to change the world. The pregnancy sickness subsides, and I find myself able to perform basic tasks again. I stand a little taller and walk straighter, and it feels good. I am back to changing the world. Changing the world. Everyone wants to do it. Some people claim to do it. But often, I wonder if anyone really knows what the heck they’re talking about when they speak of changing the world. A stroll through my Facebook feed tells me that...

Helena Jordao, a January 2012 E Squad alumna, has been through a divorce and felt the weight of that choice. In the face of heartbreak she chose Jesus. She chose to seek God and his grace. What she discovered was her heart for his people. I got married at 21 and divorced at 23. I went through heartache and identity crisis. I received comfort and healing from Jesus and the Church and was activated to full-time ministry. I am often referred to as a success story for divorce, but I disagree. I was statistically and spiritually destined for dysfunction, as many of us are. I agreed with my set-up...

This weekend Stephanie Bernotas, one of our staff writers and World Race alumna, served at Passion 2014 here in Atlanta, Georgia. As someone familiar with ministry, she thought she was ready. But this is her story of how God rocked her with truth she had forgotten. Missions. Ministry. Calling. Those three words evoke images of Mother Theresa feeding starving children, world-renown musicians on stage in front of thousands, and maybe a book deal or two. They sound just glamorous enough to make you well-known, just difficult enough to prove your love for Jesus is well-founded, and just dignified...

Yesterday, after almost a year of digging into this idea of living a good story, a group of our dedicated Storytellers launched something really special. Our Storytellers—all World Race alumni—spent many months together, collectively dreaming of a creating a place where well-lived stories could reside. The result of their efforts is Venture Magazine and they're so excited to invite you into it. You know what it’s like, how it feels. To be inspired. To create. To live a life worth living. It’s caught up in the little things, right?   It’s in jumping into...