Value-Courage

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 call scandalous saints and surprising sinners marked not by sterling moral credentials but by a brazen faith in the gospel. Give me the eyes to see those unlikely people who recognize your kingdom when... See more

Relational Integrity: The practice of honoring a positive relationship while confronting hard truths. You hold both your care for the person and your responsibility to hold them accountable for their performance.

Relational Integrity doesn’t mean sugarcoating or avoiding decisions. It means being honest: using the strength of the relationship as a... See more

most people don’t totally understand the meaning of guilt, an assertion that changed my view on the topic entirely. Dr. Becky posited that true guilt arises when we act out of alignment with our own values, but we often use the word guilt to describe something very different: the emotional discomfort we feel when our values-aligned decision... See more

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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 medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing our faults in others is sometimes improper for our case; but the best receipt (best, I say,... See more

It is a great mistake to confuse physical strength, dominance, violence, vulgarity, or brutality with masculinity. Masculinity is emotional stability, undaunted integrity, quiet courage, humility, generosity, and capacity for enduring love, or it is nothing.

Dee Hock • Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition Volume 1

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, patiently, faithfully.

Teach me to fight as your warrior — resisting idols, confronting injustice, laying down comfort for your kingdom.

Let my small strength foreshadow your great justice,

until the day

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, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt. The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off. You know—if you’ve ever picked the scab of a sore place. It

Liturgy of Eustace

Great work requires being stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods. The best people I know stick relentlessly to what they want to achieve, but quickly adapt how they'll achieve it when they see a better way. Most people do the opposite - they cling to their methods even when better options appear.

Elite rowers understand this... See more

Breakup Dissonance: The internal conflict that arises when a leader's positive personal feelings toward a team member clash with evident professional underperformance. Most often, the leader will unconsciously devalue the relationship to justify the difficult decision to part ways.