Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ are humble and trust in God; they do not heap conditions upon others or promote themselves as the only "keepers of the truth"...
01635 – Keepers of the Truth?
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01619 – A Different Way to Think
But our commitment is to do what we have promised, not to meet expectations, whether our own or those of others. If we can learn to measure effectiveness in terms of discerning what is really worth doing and keeping a covenant to do it, we might be both faithful and...
01610 – Power vs. Authority
The Quaker writer Richard Foster was the first to alert me, I believe, to the important distinction between power and authority. Power is claimed; authority is earned. Power is based on being in charge and having the leverage to impose punishment on others who might...
01600 – The Greatest Prison
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.
01589 – The Moment We Fail to Hold Each Other…
This is why one must say Yes to life and embrace it whenever it is found — and it is found in terrible places; nevertheless, there it is... For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always...
01583 – Understanding Begins with Us
We want to punish the other person because we suffer. Then, we have anger in us; we have violence in us, just as they do. When we see that our suffering and anger are no different from their suffering and anger, we will behave more compassionately. So understanding...
01566 – Not at Peace
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
01559 – Two Roads Diverged…
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was...
01549 – Avoid Judging Others
No matter how compelling the temptation, no matter who else is doing it, no matter how frustrated you feel, avoid judging others. Pronouncing judgment on another person's life is less accurate than trying to call balls and strikes from the seats high atop the...
01546 – Judging Blinds Ourselves
By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are. from The Cost of Discipleship