How can we resolve conflicts without accidentally escalating them instead?...  Read More

This might seem like a clear case of ‘Do Unto Others’ as you would have them do unto you - but we rarely put what we did to other people on the same emotional level as what others have done to us....  Read More

With the banquet feast as our model, we should throw open the doors to the people who don't look like they belong in church, and tell them to pull up a chair....  Read More

Jesus says "forgive them." Because Jesus doesn't want them owning your heart forever. He wants you to experience abundant life. And that requires us to forgive… to cancel debts… and to let it go....  Read More

We need to be quick to ask for forgiveness. We need to be quick to grant forgiveness. And sometimes, we just need to forgive even though the other person hasn't asked for it....  Read More

It’s really easy to get this command twisted. We can become the doormat or dismiss bad behavior, forego justice, diminish consequences and think we’re doing a good thing. That’s not what loving our en...  Read More