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  • Good Dad; Bad Dad
    Good Dad; Bad Dad
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    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.

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  • DROPPING FRIENDS PART 3
    DROPPING FRIENDS PART 3
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    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.

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  • DROPPING FRIENDS PART 2
    DROPPING FRIENDS PART 2
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    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?

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  • Where is it in Scripture?
    Where is it in Scripture?
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    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.

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  • DROPPING FRIENDS PART 1
    DROPPING FRIENDS PART 1
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    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.

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  • How to Fight Right
    How to Fight Right
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    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.

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  • Playing Field or Design
    Playing Field or Design
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    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.

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  • What is a Noble Subject?
    What is a Noble Subject?
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    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. 

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  • Chaos
    Chaos
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    I just received an email from a Noble Subject celebrating the beauty of her family's life.  I had to smile.  A year ago, her emails were dripping with pain at the violence with which everything familiar was being ripped apart.

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  • Clarifying the Welfare Spirit Concept
    Clarifying the Welfare Spirit Concept
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    In the discussion of my most recent blog, someone brought up the fact that nurture from others is legitimate.

    I agree.

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