Reading your team: understanding the personality and perspective of your team members
“That’s what I am saying the whole time” “Yes! Me too” Have you ever had the infuriating experience of ending a long debate with a team member only to realise that you were agreeing the whole time? Almost certainly there was a lack of understanding from one or both sides. Sometimes our misunderstanding comes from […]
What needs a ‘necessary ending’ in your life?
Do you need to end something? I think we would all agree that that the end isn’t in sight for the COVID pandemic yet. Some endings are out of our control. Some of us like to end things that are in our control, but perhaps a little too quickly – like important but tedious activities, relationships that […]
A Cup of Cold Water: Hospitality at Its Best
A Cup of Cold Water: Hospitality at Its Best In presenting this book, it is my hope that the ministry of hospitality will become nearer and dearer to your heart and that you will discover new ways to serve those who come your way. We have been called by God to wave the flag of […]
Are you making the most of your meals?
If you’re like me, you look forward to Christmas partly because of the delicious food that is connected with that season. Like so many Brits, I love Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, mince pies and of course turkey & stuffing, cranberry…
Entertaining Angels
Mosaic from the Papal Basilica of the three visitors to Abraham As we moved into a new way of blessing others through our zoom connections, I was surprised at how so many strangers became dear friends over the course of a two-week training. Staff worked so hard to provide a welcoming atmosphere as they focused […]
How Should a Christian Date?: It’s Not as Complicated as You Think
Eric Demeter: Moody Publishers 2021 Pitch the Christian dating rulebook out the window. There’s a better way! No matter what you might have heard, God didn’t mandate a divine way to date. What He did do, in the Bible, is lay out principles for wise and healthy relational living among believers. His boundaries for us […]
Sex, True Purity, and Almost Jumping Out of a Moving Car
—by Eric Demeter. Adapted from the book, How Should a Christian Date? It’s Not as Complicated as You Think (Moody Publishers, September 2021). https://amzn.to/3BE5Iyy I was eighteen and stuck in my mom’s car when out of the blue, she hit me with, “Eric, I have something to share with you. When you date, remember two things: keep it […]
Restoration after Moral Failure
Procedure for responding to situations of Moral Failure Introduction God is a God of redemption and restoration. This is His heart and history reveals to us it is also the action He takes. As His followers, we must always have both redemption and restoration at the heart of our actions towards those who have failed. […]
A married man’s perspective on cultivating sexual integrity within marriage
“What do you think the average is for Dutch couples?” I asked Hans after the small talk questions ran out. The late afternoon dusk on the farm was sufficient enough to hide the color of my face. Besides, the fire gave proper warmth to cause my face to glow anyway. “I don’t know, per week?” […]
How do we incorporate a developmental bias in our leadership?
If you are not spending time developing others you are missing part of your calling. We are all to have a developmental bias in our leadership.…