I like Brian Andreas as both a poet and an artist. A piece of his art and poetry graces the entrance to my study. One of my favorites is: “I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they need constant attention & one day I decided I had … More One of Us
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 (ESV) In my time in the Army, I often heard leaders say while pointing to the US Army strip on our uniforms “there is … More Pronouns Matter
“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents … Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act … parenting reveals the way that sacrifice at once diminishes our life as we knew it … while at the same time revealing to us larger and infinitely more fascinating forms of life … More Children Make the Parent
Isaiah 28:11 — For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the Lord will speak to this people. Methodism grew out of two “Great Awakenings:” The first in England in the 1730s and the second in the United States in the early 1800s. Both awakenings were marked by enthusiastic response to the … More Strange and Foreign
Many, if not most, of us are familiar with the Syro-Phoenician woman. Her story appears twice in the Gospels, Mark and Matthew, and because they are a little different, I want to focus on Mark … Mark 7: 24-30 (NIV) 24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[a] He entered a house … More Listening Like Jesus …
The Mindful Leader 