03486 – Changing Ourselves

We must never forget that we might also find meaning in life when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed... When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

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03178 – Conflict Can be Agent of Change

Conflict is a natural part of being in a community. It cannot be avoided or controlled by anyone, but it can be an agent of change. When you approach conflict from a defensive posture, it can escalate the situation to where a third party is needed to help resolve the...

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02638 – Caring for Others

We too have a priestly calling to the world. Like Christ, we are called to serve and to sacrifice, through a ministry of presence and through prayer. In every leadership situation, there is and ought to be a priestly dimension to our care for others…What burden has...

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00060 – Strengthening Our Egos

There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position — a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, and so the ego loves to make...

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01889 – How Should We Live in an Atomic Age?

[Written in 1948] How are we to live in an atomic age?’ I am tempted to reply: ‘Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land...

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01766 – Staying Calm

To stay calm is to be so aware of yourself that your response to the situation is not to the anxiety of the people around you but to the actual issue at hand. from Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

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