The third (and most annoying) way to end narcissistic shepherding is through the willingness to not shepherd. At least not that sheep at that time.
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The third (and most annoying) way to end narcissistic shepherding is through the willingness to not shepherd. At least not that sheep at that time.
Our respect for previous generations often creates a crisis when the moment comes for our generation to assume responsibility for the Lord’s work.
The moral of the story is to be wary of striking rocks as leaders of God’s people. We need to steer away from the temptation to make what we do about ourselves.
Stories are what it means to be human. Our brains are bent to creating a narrative to explain and quantify what we encounter.
It’s a strange thing when we put God in the role of the hider and us in the role of the finder. That’s not the biblical story at all.
I can’t help but wonder what it would look like to be someone who obeyed the first time the word of the Lord came to me.
As grandparents, we can—and should—be active in the spiritual formation of our grandchildren.
To love is to invite each other to bring our full selves and all of our experiences to the relationship.
The Bible portrays time as a series of connected loops, each one taking us back to the past, even as it moves us into the future.
In a time of terror, when darkness terrorized the nations, there was a monster—a literal, blood-sucking monster. The world needed a hero.
Any Christian, of any measure of maturity, is called to model Christ as shepherd.
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead has raised us to new life. And we are changing, becoming righteous by that power.
The Psalms teach us to battle with God, praise God, thank God, scream at God, and feel with God.
What would it mean if parents, youth leaders, children’s ministers, and whoever else wants to, took seriously the idea of blessing?
As Christians, we are often uncomfortable with ambiguity, yet God welcomes our questions like he welcomes the little children into his midst.
The kingdom of God isn’t just something small that grows large. It’s a tree where birds come to build their nests.
When I say I am a big brother, I’m not speaking only in relation to my little sister. Rather, I am a big brother in a Luke 15 kind of way.
If all Scripture is inspired and is profitable for our life as Christians, then perhaps we should not try and decide which section of Scripture is most important.
Spiritual formation is a good and helpful way of describing our faith development. Discipleship calls us deeper.
When I was younger and thought I knew much more than I actually did, I thought it silly when people would talk about animals as if they had a divine spark to them.
