Who is on your enemies list?

Who’s on your enemy list?  You know what I mean.  Whose names are listed in your thinking when it comes to hate?  Is the word hate too strong? You perhaps don’t even know you hate them, but when you see them, hear their name, watch their actions you feel the rage well up within you. …

Fear rules, so let’s be peace makers

I’ve been watching, and I’ve come to the conclusion that fear-focused leaders aren’t the most dangerous, but they can certainly change the temperature of a room, and therefore, over time, the culture. So let’s just give you an example from our own church…. which I say hastily lives in almost every congregation. The fear that…

Happy birthday

Today is Wendy’s birthday. We met when we were 20 and were both trying to get started in the world, working jobs that didn’t pay all that much. Wendy still lived at home and I was boarding with friends. To say we were living on a shoestring is not an exaggeration. We dated for 6…