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Removing the greatest obstacle to change
It’s not just change. It’s about shifting the burden of responsibility and its the ones in power who make the call.
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Like Sheep Without a Shepherd
Jesus’s images often have us looking in the opposite direction. Usually because we’re looking the wrong way.
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How to avoid solving a problem
Protests are an opportunity to hear from the powerless. They aren’t a problem that needs to be fixed.
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My 3 Words for 2020
Resolutions are for breaking. We need something that guides us to be better. So this is what I do. I follow three words for the year.
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The devil doesn’t need another advocate
We don’t need another devil’s advocate offering “the other side.” What we need are more people looking for the good we can do together. The Devil’s Advocate In the 16th Century, the Vatican established a position called advocatus diaboli, the devil’s advocate. The job would be to advocate on the devil’s behalf. Wait. Why would…
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Removing Our Stumbling Blocks
In Matthew 17 and 18, Jesus reveals the way stumbling blocks get in the way of God’s mission. Including our obsessions with rules and borders. Proper 18A | Matthew 18:15-20 A few years ago, a celebrity pastor got in trouble. He was the darling of the new reformed movement for his high doctrine, aggressive style,…
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Even Scarier Words
EVEN SCARIER WORDS The day the president insulted himself I was 8. I didn’t know anything about him except that he sold weapons to bad people and seemed OK with lying about it. But I’ve always wondered how he could say such terrible things about himself. That his being there speaking would terrify a person.…
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‘A Genuine Leader…’
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Of all the parts of leadership with which we most struggle, it is the place of consensus and influence. It is an awesome responsibility with unmeasurable power. Given that reality, it is remarkable we share it at…