“The art of leadership is not saying yes, it is saying no,” said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. One of life’s great challenges is learning not to just go with the flow because sometimes
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Category: discipleship
Serve One Another
Sometimes, my wife and I get on each other’s nerves. I know that never happens in your home, but it does in mine. Sometimes we irritate each other. Sometimes we offend each other. Sometimes I
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I had settled into my dorm room, survived the first few weeks of life away from home, and established a routine for classes and study. With a mixture of excitement and uncertainty, I looked forward
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Life contains difficult choices. One of those choices is whether or not to defend ourselves. I remember receiving a nasty anonymous letter once. As a young pastor, I read negative rantings about all important matters
Read moreMove to Action
I am a recovering perfectionist. My mother drilled into me the pattern of thought, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right the first time!” And while that is true, it is equally true that
Read moreMoving Forward
Several years ago, I sensed a nudge from the Lord to write my father a complimentary note, thanking him for ways he had been a good dad. For days I struggled. Dad’s dysfunctional behavior created
Read moreContinuing to Look With Hope to the Return of Christ and Our Model for How to Live Until Then
The Disciples Three Questions As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said: “When will this happen?” (This being, “Not one stone here (the temple)
Read moreThe Mystery of the Great Fullness of the Holy Spirit
The mystery of what and who? There’s a mysterious, uneasy stirring deep within my soul these days. I search for clues—hunt for answers. Uncommon questions remain. One piques my brain: Is gratefulness and great fullness
Read more6 Ways to Resemble Jesus by His Prayer
Who do we look like? Were we the spitting image of our mother or father at birth, as a child, or now? Maybe there’s a resemblance to both our parents or not to either one. Perhaps people
Read moreJesus Hiding In Prayers for His Own (John 17:6-19)
The statement is true: Living in Christ is out of this world! Father, I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and
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