Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship. So, keep moving, keep growing, keep learning!
03762 – Ease vs. Hardship
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03186 – The Temptation of Power
One thing is clear to me: the temptation of power is greater when intimacy is a threat. Much Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.
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The hallmark of an open mind is not letting your ideas become your identity. If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity. If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of...
02395 – New Paradigm of Imagery for God
The God imaged by Jesus exerts no dominating supremacy. In Christ, we see an image of a God who is not armed with lightning bolts but with basin and towel, who spewed not threats but good news for all, who rode not a warhorse but a donkey, weeping in compassion for...
01277 – Being Faithful to Jesus and One Another
If we are faithful to Jesus, we will also be faithful to one another. We belong to one another. [Anyone who dedicates himself or herself to Jesus] will be united with other believers, and they will become so united that they are like one body. In the human body, if...
01112 – “Our Victory will be a Double Victory”
To our most bitter opponents we say: "We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you. We cannot in all good conscience...
01066 – Church Women are Sometimes “Invisible”
Jesus shows us, when women lack jurisdiction, church commissions lack women, and even altar girls are barred in a Christian community that says they are permitted, the invisibility of women in the church threatens the very nature of the church. from In the Heart of...
00630 – We Dare to Follow God’s Way in Hope
Resurrection means God’s way prevails. When Jesus died, most thought his teachings died with him, overpowered and silenced by the might of “the system.” The power of entrenched interests seemed triumphant. We understand. Experience teaches us large systems and even...
00451 – No Power Over Me!
When Richard Steele was about to be jailed for refusing to serve in the South African Defense Force, he had to consider the possibility that he might be killed in prison. “Was I prepared to die for what I believed?” he asked himself. I realized finally that I was, and...