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Below is a concise overview of biblical women who exercised spiritual authority, served as key teachers, or undertook leadership roles that parallel a
PRAYER O God our deliverer, you cast down the mighty, and lift up those of no account: as Elizabeth and Mary embraced with songs of liberation, so may
"PERIL" BY TONI MORRISON Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, di
Writer G. K. Chesterton reminds us to not be carried along by life, but to live with energy, will, and conviction: “A dead thing can go with the st
"PERIL" BY TONI MORRISON Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, di
Great God, make your church a magnificent witness to the nations, a wise and understanding people. Mark us with generous faith — a community that foll
My God, may I return, return, return to the one true God. The distractions of my mind are endless, my attention fleeting, my heart’s desires lead me a
Lord Jesus, Shepherd and Warrior, carry me as your lamb. Break me where I am proud like a king. Teach me to shepherd those entrusted to me — gently, p
“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and t
Breakup Dissonance: The internal conflict that arises when a leader's positive personal feelings toward a team member clash with evident professional
January 10, 2026 Epiphany • Day 5 Opportunities and tests from God refine faith. Temptations from the serpent distort desire. God’s way is presenc
January 11, 2026 Epiphany • Day 6 At Jesus’ baptism the moment is cross-shaped: horizontally, in Jesus humanity is reconciled to one another as the
Exodus Dust God spoke creation into existence, then from Dust, with his hands (not his voice), God made us - animated earth… To Dust we will return. W
2026.01.01 Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 3, Hebrews 2: Not Mastery, Reception Your heavens. The work of your fingers. The moon and the stars, you set in
A thick desire is one that changes you in the process of pursuing it.
“Work is endless. Exercise is endless. Parenting is endless. Same with marriage, writing, investing, creating, and more. You get to choose the parts o
We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not. If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call y
“Many of our habits and beliefs are learned from those who raised us. Which family story are you unconsciously repeating and reenacting? How can you r
2026.01.01 Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 3, Hebrews 2: Not Mastery, Reception Your heavens. The work of your fingers. The moon and the stars, you set in
A Theology of Community and Action (James McBride) God is encountered not in purity or power, but in flawed communities that choose mercy over safety.
A thick desire is one that changes you in the process of pursuing it.
An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle.
“Success is often found by practicing the fundamentals everyone knows they should be doing, but find too boring or basic to practice routinely.”
“Trust follows consistency. The business that delivers a quality product every time earns the customer's trust. The person in the relationship w
“To simplify before you understand the details is ignorance. To simplify after you understand the details is genius.”
“Success is often found by practicing the fundamentals everyone knows they should be doing, but find too boring or basic to practice routinely.”
“Work is endless. Exercise is endless. Parenting is endless. Same with marriage, writing, investing, creating, and more. You get to choose the parts o
“Trust follows consistency. The business that delivers a quality product every time earns the customer's trust. The person in the relationship w
In Genesis 3, humans see and take something that seems good to them (but is not). Where else have you seen this pattern repeat within the first 11 cha
Are you continuing to do it mostly because it makes you feel interested and alive — or are you continuing to do it mostly because you know what to exp
What needs to happen for me to look back in December and consider the year a success?
What story about yourself would you have to retire in order to grow into the life you want?
Those who need reasons to feel good never run out of needs.
2. We lament that minority and female leaders remain sidelined. Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sid
THE PRINCIPLE We are called to deal with the brokenness of our past, understand the blessings we have inherited, and pass on a legacy of healing to ou
Edit yourself for approval and you become a minority shareholder in your own life. The cost of being easy to live with is destroying the person who
Alcohol is a subscription service for mediocrity. And most people are on auto-renew. I'm not saying never drink. I'm saying do the math. Is that bu
As Terry had written: “Family pathology rolls from generation to generation like a fire in the woods taking down everything in its path until one pers
“New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go i
Question your own expertise. “I don’t know” is a complete sentence.
Making a point doesn’t take very long and it can be gratifying in the moment. Making an impact happens over time, and rarely brings the same sort of s
What would happen if we paid as much attention to these persistent delights as we pay to the annoying surprises that unfold each day?
An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle.
“Whining in the face of imperfection often ruins what you’ve already got.” Whining is the evil cousin of complaining. Whining purports to exist to ma
V2 | Chemistry | Alloying Alloying is the art of mixing elements to create something greater than the sum of its parts. While our intuition tells us
“You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective,
Writer Virginia Woolf reminds us that agency is not in controlling what happens, but in working with what we have: “Arrange whatever pieces come yo
The best leaders are not cost centers. They’re force multipliers.
If scale is the goal, your control over each interaction has to loosen. The job of the leader is to create the conditions for others to raise the stan
This Framework Fixes ANY Chaotic Meeting
Does the world happen to you, or do you happen to the world? Most people wait for permission to solve problems. The subtle message they send is “I do
Liturgy of Eustace… “The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, i
PRAYER — BC 27 King Jesus, thank you that your church is not confined to the people we think should populate our pews and fill our Bible studies. You
Lord Jesus, Shepherd and Warrior, carry me as your lamb. Break me where I am proud like a king. Teach me to shepherd those entrusted to me — gently, p
PRAYER — HC 94 Gracious God, the moment I give my heart to someone or something apart from you, I'm breaking the first command, and all the others so
Question your own expertise. “I don’t know” is a complete sentence.
Writer Harold V. Melchert reminds us that success is sweeter when you savor the path: “Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An oc
Surround yourself with people who are thoughtful in ways you are not, because they see what you can’t.
Most arguments are ego competitions disguised as truth-seeking. Learning to say “you’re probably right” will save you a lot of time and energy.
no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the
this communicating of a man’s self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves; for there is no man
there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and o
the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man’s self to a strict account is a medicin