Value-Connection
In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the
... See morethere 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 of a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man’s self, as the liberty of a friend.
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 our sons.
David Kinnaman • The Intentional Father
PRAYER
for the church to work for the common good and benefit of all people
for deep care, bold love, and rich community to be experienced in the church
for elders and other leaders
PRAYER — WC 14.2
Ancient of Days, I don't have enough days in my lifetime to see the complete fulfillment of your kingdom vision. But give me the faith to embrace and act on... See more
for the church to work for the common good and benefit of all people
for deep care, bold love, and rich community to be experienced in the church
for elders and other leaders
PRAYER — WC 14.2
Ancient of Days, I don't have enough days in my lifetime to see the complete fulfillment of your kingdom vision. But give me the faith to embrace and act on... See more
it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness
Software Engineer Billy Markus on human behavior:
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
2. We lament that minority and female leaders remain sidelined.
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Home | A Call to Prayer & Lament
But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.