Nathan Verghese
@nathan_verghese
Nathan Verghese
@nathan_verghese
how to throw a good party
Something about beer brings out certain characteristics in men who feel compelled to instruct you that beer you like is not the best version there is. Beer (like tacos and pizza) brings out self-styled experts, particularly concerning IPAs, for some reason. Sometimes you don’t want the best version. Sometimes you want the beer that’s the equivalent
... See moreA church that unites justice and righteousness does not fit with the left on abortion and sexual ethics or with the right on race and justice. Instead it is a community that addresses the timeless longings of all people for meaning, hope, love, and salvation.
And so I love the phrase, things are better caught than taught.
And so I basically I want my girls to see and catch their dad being a hard worker, but not just being a hard worker, but like a dad who is building things and is creative.
And so in my work, at the end of the day, it just keeps me more focused on the most important things that are going
... See moreJim continued, "I like orality because it helps me produce leaders. The number one thing I hear when I ask a person to lead a small group is I don't know enough.' Why? Because they have in mind that old model that says, I have to have all the answers.' But when I ask them, Can you tell a story and ask questions?' they say, Of course, I can do
... See moreunrealistic and expansive standards create barriers to entry that clog up your leadership pipeline
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God doesn’t change; we do. We are by nature changeable and changing creatures.
‘Very well,’ he answered aloud, lowering his sword. ‘But still I am afraid. And yet, as you see, I will not touch the creature. For now that I see him, I do pity him.’
So consumerism distorts not just our view of sex but our very sexual nature; our longing for God and relationship with others is collapsed into sex and dead objects.