Monday Meditation

One of the great tragedies of life for any leader is to live out of a “false self” and in so doing miss out on God’s best for our human journey. We all long to live …

Winston Churchill said courage is the most important virtue because the effective practice of all other virtues depends upon courage. Virtuous behavior does not come naturally.  And let’s not kid ourselves...it takes inner courage and moral …

Quick now...can you think of a politician, a business paragon, a church leader or a cultural celebrity, whose life cratered with shards of self-destruction flying off in all directions? Sadly, the litany of discredited leadership in …

Every time I read the account of this conversation it is quite jarring.  It’s not what you would expect from those who have been following Jesus for almost three years.  Consider the scene.  Jesus’ death …

Labelling people has always been a short-hand way of describing and understanding our world.  Christians have always been fond of using tags to self-identify, to mark our camps.  Charismatic, progressive, fundamentalist, Catholic, Orthodox, evangelical, “red-letter,” …

When do you pray?  What do you pray about?  Whom do you pray for?  Do you pray at all? When it comes to prayer, Jesus set the pace for us.  He prayed before picking His team …

When you read through the biography of Jesus in the Christian Gospels, you can’t help but notice He had some very fierce conversations. Think of His numerous challenges to Peter (Luke 22), or His revealing conversation …

Every two years my brothers and I travel back to the birthplace of our parents in Saskatchewan for a special brothers’ retreat.  We always spend some time in the little Mennonite cemetery north of Waldheim …

Would you agree that the first and foremost task of the Christian leader is to attend to their heart and soul? That’s what Solomon says.  He puts it this way, “Above all else, guard your heart, …