Value-Truth
“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 the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.,... See more
Martin Luther King, Jr.,... See more
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 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.
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
... See moreGod uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn’t make ignorance a virtue.
Andy Stanley • Deep and Wide
Autobiographical vs. Empathic Listening
When we listen autobiographically, we turn the other person’s story into our story. We filter everything they say through our own experiences, values, and perspective.
When we listen empathically, we create space for others to share their perspective and emotions. And in the process we build a deeper sense of... See more
When we listen autobiographically, we turn the other person’s story into our story. We filter everything they say through our own experiences, values, and perspective.
When we listen empathically, we create space for others to share their perspective and emotions. And in the process we build a deeper sense of... See more
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood® | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
My experience is not normative…
An old Latin proverb, “Initium est dimidium facti”, reminds us of the timeless importance of simply beginning the task at hand:
“Once you’ve started, you’re halfway there.”
Source: Horace, the Roman poet, in his work Epistles
“Once you’ve started, you’re halfway there.”
Source: Horace, the Roman poet, in his work Epistles
James Clear • 3-2-1: On how to handle idiots, pushing toward growth, and two types of choices in life
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if 268a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
some become Flying Monkeys- resourced, rewarded, and often unaware of the role they’ve been cast into as the bully’s weapons. In every workplace where a Scapegoat is quietly isolated, excluded, or erased, there’s a cast of characters keeping the story in motion: the passive bystander, the image-protecting leader, the gossip relayer, and the... See more
Paul Venuto • feed updates
In his introduction to Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa , Fr. Emmanuel Katongole contrasts the “politics of violence” which characterize so much of contemporary life with the “politics of forgiveness,” the church’s “alternative form of politics, one that is committed to saving and serving the very lives that are often... See more