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What Followers Should Expect from Spiritual Leaders
How about we give our spiritual leaders—and ourselves—an important gift: the gift of humanity.
July 25, 2019
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The Path of Discernment — Knowing What God Wants You to Do
To what extent do we look to God for guidance in the decisions we are making? To what extent do we simply rely on our own knowledge and understanding?
May 10, 2017
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Are You 'Losing Your Faith' or is Your Faith Being Refined?
On a leave of absence from my ministry position, I committed myself to face — with “ruthless honesty” — the spiritual questions I had been unwilling and/or unable to face when I was preaching and leading a church.
December 12, 2016
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Thomas Merton on Loving Others: Loving Christ in Them
One of the hardest things for us to do is to love. It’s hard sometimes as leaders to love the people we are leading, because we inevitably encounter struggles with them. But Jesus gives us thrilling insight for loving each other.
May 4, 2016
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What About Pastors in Recovery?
Anyone living in our culture today is vulnerable to addiction — including pastors. However, because of their position as spiritual leaders, pastors can have a hard time reaching out for help.
September 19, 2013
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Working with Our Natural Rhythms Instead of Against Them
Life has seasons and rhythms. In a garden, there are times of planting, growth, harvest … and also time for the ground to lie fallow. Trying to fight these rhythms is foolish. It is like trying to surf between waves, instead of waiting to ride the waves. By the end of the day you’ve worn yourself out, and you wouldn’t have ridden the board much either...