3 Types of Fatigue and How to Fight Against It
Which do you picture more clearly? A car . . . or a blue Honda Civic. A dog . . . or a young, high-spirited Irish Setter. A person . . . or a middle- aged woman with a nose …
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A Centenarian Recalls the Pearl Harbor Attack
A friend once told me that one of the best things I can do for my professional life is to write handwritten notes. Rather than sending emails and texts, I write notes using an actual pen on actual paper. That …
It’s Time to Reclaim the Sacredness of Our Work
The Scriptures never cast aspersion on the ordinary work of our hands because when human labor is functioning as it should, God’s purposes come to bear upon the world through it and God’s glory is revealed in it. Let me …
How Can We Think of Touch As a Good Thing?
There is something immediate, something startling in the effect of touch. Like the other senses, it brings us into contact with the world around us, makes us aware of the bounding lines of the space of our lives. And yet, …
How to Change the World Where You Live
There is a threshold we are daily called to—a renouncing of honor and power and prestige on the world’s terms, a renouncing of what spiritual writer Fr. Ronald Rolheiser calls the “pleasure principle” as the guiding factor of our lives,17 …
5 Sabbatical Rhythms of Life for Caregivers and Their Loved One
It’s better to burn out than rust out. Ever heard that before? Like most adages, this one is clever and catchy—and incomplete. Since when did burning out or rusting out become our only two choices? Or, as a friend of …
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Who Should I Invest My Disciplemaking Efforts in?
We’re all busy, and our pace of life doesn’t leave much room for anything other than the highest of priorities. As you choose to place Jesus’ call to make disciples as a high priority in your life, you may find …
How to Know that We Are God’s Beloved in a More Personal Way
Many years ago, I conducted a weekend preaching mission in a congregation known for its liveliness and charismatic expression. Using the words of the Father to Jesus at his baptism, “You are my beloved son in whom I delight,” I …
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The 4 Key Mindsets of a Disciplemaker
New research from a Barna study on discipleship revealed four qualities common to disciplemakers, which I believe can help us not only understand the mindset of those who prioritize disciplemaking but also adopt this mindset ourselves. For all US Christians, …
How to Receive the Spiritual Gift of Interruptions
When I was a student in The Navigators ministry at the University of California in Irvine, I noticed that my campus director almost always discipled in a public space—like the student center or the public living area of the dorms. …