Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, … More Listening in order to Understand
“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.” Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness I think many of us know the expression, “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.” As Brené Brown offers in Braving the Wilderness, that expression is sometimes, but not always,true. Courage can … More Denied Pain: A Redux
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3: 5-6, New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Trust and faith are related, cousins, not twins. Faith, leaning on Hebrews 11, is about assurance and conviction (NRSV: “Now faith is … More Trust and Faith: Maternal Cousins
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 New International Version We love [God] because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 New International Version The search for meaning in my life ultimately brought me … More Growing in Love
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’ ‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always … More Doing is on the way to Becoming
The Mindful Leader 