One of my dearest friends was diagnosed with cancer a couple of weeks ago. He’s supposed to get information on how serious it is tomorrow. He is scared and in that dreadful waiting place. I don’t know what to tell him. I try to listen a lot. I did come across this article I wroteContinue reading “Re-post: Bring It On!”
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Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2
In my previous post I tried to clearly show that the path to peace is to embrace powerlessness. I showed that we have very little power over most of the things we care most deeply about. The question is how do we actually embrace powerlessness? The answer is as common as it is profound: byContinue reading “Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2”
Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 4 — “Are you telling me to be a doormat?”
If you have read all the posts in this series, you may by now thinking that what I am suggesting here is that you simply give up and become a doormat; that you resign yourself to being walked on by everybody, letting life steamroll you, and settling for whatever scraps fall from everyone else’s table.Continue reading “Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 4 — “Are you telling me to be a doormat?””
Embracing Powerlessness
There is freedom in embracing powerlessness. Most of the time we’re scurrying around trying to fix things — relationships, issues at work, problems with the cars, problems at our kids’ schools — our lives seem like a bewildering array of problems, all of which we believe we have to fix. We believe this deeply enoughContinue reading “Embracing Powerlessness”
Weakness
I was wondering today what is it that accounts for the fact that almost without exception every pastor wrestles with the size of his/her church. I don’t know a single one (including myself) who doesn’t go home feeling elated on days when a lot of people are there, and depressed if attendance is low. IContinue reading “Weakness”
Temp Arbor 