Category: Relationship
Is living in peace your priority?
Are you actively pursuing peace in your life? It usually takes great intentionality and always humility. Let’s be honest, neither of those comes easy. Conflict is exhausting and pride is strong. Even so, living in real peace is a worthy prize — something I’m trying to focus on and improve in my own life and…
The Girl of My Dreams: 27 Years Later
Almost from the beginning, I knew she was the girl of my dreams. Smart, funny, direct, Jesus-loving, fun-loving, pretty, and honest are just some of the characteristics that drew me to her. From our first conversation comparing travel notes standing just outside the pavilion at the Alto Frio camp to our first game of volleyball…
Bothered by Frustration
Do you ever find yourself getting frustrated with people? Let me re-phrase because the question is ridiculous. I know you do get frustrated from time-to-time. The question is how often and why? I’ve certainly been there (way too many times)! In some ways, I can be extremely patient–but then in other ways, well… I realized a…
When It’s Good to be in a Gang
Paul tells Timothy that if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, “he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.” (2 Timothy 2:20-21) This is a concept I’ve been dealing with a lot lately in messages at The Gathering,…
Making Disciples
The mandate for the Church is to “go into all the world and make disciples.” (Matthew 28:18-20). If we’re a part of a “church” and not doing that, and doing it effectively, we are hard-pressed to say we are a church. I think that we are to do this is hardly debated. HOW we do…
Conflicting Times: Handling Relational Challenges
Conflict happens. There is no way around it. If you care about someone or work closely with someone, you spend more time with them. If you spend more time with them, you have more opportunity to annoy each other or miscommunicate. If you have more opportunity, conflict happens. So, the question is not whether or…