Joseph announced to his family that God had announced to him that he was called to leadership.
His father slapped him down. His brothers sold him into slavery.
In Potiphar’s house, starting at the bottom, this rich man’s kid had tons of pain. Betrayal. Racism. Broken dreams. And learning how to work. HARD.
Those with the redemptive gift of Teacher are known for their loyalty to a leader, but Dr. Luke set the bar unbelievably high in his elegant relationship with Paul.
Try this. Stop reading and think back to the last three times someone gave you permission to do something you wanted to do. Now which kind of permission was it?
Sally is a practitioner. She shared one of my tools with a client, who said, “Where is THAT in Scripture?” Sally wrote and asked me, and this is my answer to her.
You are a life giver. By definition that means you are surrounded to some degree by messy people who need the flavor of life you have available.
As a research center, we come up with a lot of new ideas. And many of those ideas rub people. Sometimes it is because the ideas are wrong. Sometimes I explained poorly.
There was an interesting exchange on the Sapphire Blessings Forum recently that I thought had large implications for many people, so I am sharing it here.
Why do we call our Tribe, “Noble Subjects?” I use the term "Subject" to differentiate our Christian experience from the cultural grid of a republic.
In the discussion of my most recent blog, someone brought up the fact that nurture from others is legitimate.
I agree.