For International Day of Forgiveness: August 7, 2022 One of the most challenging commandments for me as a Christian minister is the call, both in the book of Genesis and later in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, to forgive a sibling in Christ...
"Good leaders possess both strength and sensitivity. They are tough and tender. They are soft on the outside (relational), but firm as a brick on the inside (principle-centered). Because they are emotionally secure, they're able to handle confrontation and conflict in a healthy way." (Tim...
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For the next few weeks of devotionals, I want to share some Christian leadership principles with you guys. I was first introduced to these in college, but they have stuck with me, and I find them valuable in everyday life. They are also accompanied by...
As you may have seen today on social media, it’s “World Kindness Day.” While this holiday was started in 1998, I’m pretty sure this is the first I’ve heard of it, but I love it! Many are celebrating by wearing a cardigan in honor of...
Lord… We thank you for your church, founded upon your Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon you. Help us to realize that...
As I mentioned last week, for the month of October, we are looking at some of the more well-known prayers that are part of our recent and no-so-recent Christian history. The prayer we are starting with today was originally know as the Paradoxical Commandment by...
I know that for some in our organization, this has been a challenging a week. I guess that’s really true of most weeks in most organizations like ours. When there are over 500 people doing the work that we do every day, really getting in...
The practice that we are looking at this week is Vocation, or as Barbara Brown Taylor puts it, “The Practice of Living with Purpose.” I feel like this is an especially fitting practice for us, as our paid vocations all reside at the same organization. However,...
This week’s practice in Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in the World is the “Practice of Wearing Skin.” This is the idea that we need to be aware of the fact that God’s design for us includes a physical body, and we need to be...
