Lo, under the gentle Vine, O Christ, The whole church plays in peace. – Notker, the Monk from St. Gall I had the incredible privilege last month of overhearing a conversation between Pádraig Ó Tuama and Peter Rollins about peacemaking – not just once, but twice, thanks to this glorious technology known as a podcast. As I…
A few weeks ago, I shared an article in which Dale Fincher responded to a quote from John Piper concerning emotional blackmail, and I mentioned that reading it had helped me realize how I needed to un-learn some of the incredibly unhealthy conflict management skills I’d been taught. I’ve been thinking about all of this for days now, and let…
— 1 — A year ago, turning forty was something I was dreading. For whatever reason, I’m really not anymore. Maybe it has something to do with celebrating my birthday for an entire year? I don’t know. All I do know is that at this point, the absolute worst thing about turning forty will be the end of…
I wish I could tell you this will never happen to you… but leaders, there are going to be times when you completely and utterly biff it. I’m not talking about those really awkward moments when you forget someone’s name or when somebody on the tech team turns off the lights before you’re offstage and you have…
