Having a midlife crisis

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. | Philippians 4:6–7...

A time for everything

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to weep, and...

Self-limiting

No matter how much one may love the world as a whole, one can live fully in it only by living responsibly in some small part of it. Where we live and who we live there with define the terms of our relationship to the world and to humanity. We thus come again to the...

Positional vs. relational authority

I find myself in a lot of conversations about leadership. Whether this is people trying to figure out how to mature into a leader or people who already have the weight of responsibility on their shoulders, leadership dynamics come up a lot.  A number of the...

Lost art of prudence

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:     a time to be born, and a time to die;     a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;     a time to kill, and a...