What is “character growth”? When it occurs in a person, what is happening? More importantly, is character growth something we choose to make happen or is it something that happens to us? Actually, there is a passive and an active path to character formation.
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreKing Jehoram of Judah is a very extreme example of a life gone awry. However, his life provides a powerful lesson that may be summed up best in the words of Warren Buffet: “To live a good life, write your obituary and reverse engineer it."
Read MoreTransformation into the character of Jesus is a scary process. Transformation to a more unloving heart is a lazy process.
Read MoreAs fun as it is to (kind of) look like someone famous, followers of Jesus are actually supposed to "look like" someone famous - Jesus himself. Not in physical appearance (an olive-skinned Middle Eastern man with a beard), but in character appearance. Like Jesus, we are to be good, kind, compassionate, and loving.
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