Christmas and Simplicity
Robert and I had our monthly calendar/planning conversation on Tuesday… ok, we only manage to do it every three months or so, but hey, gotta start somewhere! During these conversations we sit with a...
View ArticleAdvent Conspiracy, Week One
Yesterday our church began a four-week study of the book and DVD Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World? It was a good discussion with a lot of back and forth. The ideas in the study...
View ArticleFollow-Up: But What I *Really* Wanted to Say…
Yesterday’s post about gifts wasn’t really at the crux of it, but it’s the stuff I needed to think about in order to get to the crux. Two things: 1. Most everyone loves giving the right gift to...
View ArticleCan We Redeem “Everyone Gets a Trophy”?
You may have noticed, as I have, that “everyone gets a trophy” has become a shorthand phrase to describe the uber-entitled, narcissistic, everyone-is-a-special-snowflake world in which many of us are,...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
Three Christmas Gifts — Faith and Leadership I dug this up from the Friday Link Love archives, since I’ve started thinking about the kids’ Christmas gifts: At a retreat on Christian life, I heard Susan...
View ArticleWhy Congregations Are Stuck
I had an “aha” this weekend about why many of our congregations seem so stuck. I attended a “Building and Empowering Communities” leadership training sponsored by VOICE, a group of congregations and...
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