When was the last time you attended a work training session, or went to a conference or workshop intended to develop your skills? What skills were you developing? These are great skills to have, and we are wise to keep learning skills and virtues that will serve us well in the workplace and in our career. However, in the grand scheme of life, most of these skills and virtues are of secondary importance.
Read MoreTransformation into the character of Jesus is a scary process. Transformation to a more unloving heart is a lazy process.
Read MoreGiven the choice between a real, tangible experience with God or an experience with gluttony, anger, pornography, drunkenness, promiscuity, or whatever sin you care to name, would I not always choose the tangible experience with God? Ah, but therein lies the rub. Not every experience with God is tangible.
Read MoreWhat if, rather than a physical feature, people referred to us by a character feature. How would our neighbours designate us? "Oh, that's the kind lady... the mean lady... the patient man... the angry man... the happy person... the generous person... the yeller... the aggressive person... the encourager..."
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