Yes, I’m feeling the fear… You’re on the verge of making some exciting positive change in your life, when suddenly you feel it: the cold, iron grip of the status quo. Even though part of you is excited about the possibility of change — a new job, a new home, a new relationship — there’s […]
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[From Dww-work]… VISION “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra
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I know that most people, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would obligate them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and […]
About 82% of Americans say they want to grow spiritually, but they lack the practices and disciplines to do so. – George Gallup found in Pastors.com
The nature of water is soft; that of stone is hard; but if a bottle is hung above the stone, allowing the water to fall drop by drop, it wears away the stone. So it is with the Word of God; it is soft and our heart is hard, but the man who hears the […]
1. Imaginable – conveys a picture of what the future will look like 2. Desirable – appeals to the long-term interests of employees, customers, stockholders and others who have a stake in the enterprise (staff, elders, members, presbytery) 3. Feasible – Realistic and attainable goals 4. Focused – clear enough to provide guidance in decision […]
How many __ does it take to change a light bulb? How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? 10. One to actually change the bulb and 9 to say how much they like the old one. How many Catholics does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They always use candles […]
Marriage, under the best circumstances, is a crisis—one of the major crises of life—and it is a dangerous thing not to be aware of this. Whether it turns out to be a healthy, challenging, and constructive crisis or a disastrous nightmare depends largely upon how willing the partners are to be changed, how malleable they […]
Martin Luther and John Calvin were more than theologians. They were organizers of new churches. The reformation was a time of great conflict in which theological loyalties became intermixed with political loyalties. New churches arose which attracted political and religious refugees who were not strangers to conflict. Thus, the early protestant churches were themselves filled […]