Once upon a time, while driving down the highway, I spotted a billboard. It was black, with white letters that read, “Don’t make me come down there.” Then, beneath that one, threatening sentence was this: “God.” Have you seen that billboard, too? At first glance, the billboard got a bit of a …
The Spiritual Practice of Disagreeing (Without Being Disagreeable)
Not long ago, a guy came to our city. He arrived in a gigantic tour bus and he had a police escort and he stood on the steps of our Capital building and drew a great crowd. I was not surprised by his appearance. All around town, for weeks, there had been posted fliers and posters and placards …
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The Hard Work of Loving Our Enemies
Over the next few months, I'll be contributing two reflections each month to a new-to-me online community called Life for Leaders. Life for Leaders is an online project of the Max De Pree Center for Leaders and Fuller Theological Seminary. I'm honored to have been invited to write for this …