Permission to be hurt
In the church, we talk a lot about grace, but we often don’t extend it to one another. What I mean is …
What you can learn from my most popular picture on Facebook
What did I learn from my most popular picture on Facebook? And what can you learn from it too? In this video, …
Others-oriented gratitude: Creating reasons for THEM to be thankful
Last week, I made a Thanksgiving shift. I shifted from thinking of thankfulness in terms of how I’m blessed to thinking of …
Give a man a fish (because examples might beat instruction)
No doubt you’ve heard some variation of the common refrain, If I do it for them, they’ll never learn. We often throw …
Selfish vs. Self-centered
“Selfish” and “self-centered” mean slightly different things to me: Selfish: directly giving myself priority over others when deciding between the two. For …
On feeling compassion
Jesus, moved with compassion, brought a widow’s dead son back to life. In contrast, before I sat down to write this, I killed about 85 ants. These are my thoughts on a virtue that’s eluded me my whole life: compassion.
How to magnify someone’s kindness
If you’re joining from StumbleUpon, welcome! This is the sixth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is …
Johnny Depp taught me to serve others
Johnny Depp taught me that serving others is about serving others. Let me explain… A week and a half ago, I wrote …
How to increase someone’s longsuffering (patience)
This is the fifth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is longsuffering. Get future posts delivered to …
How to guard someone’s peace
This is the fourth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is peace. Get future posts delivered to …