My high school basketball coach knew how to apply pressure, but he often poisoned it with shame. You couldn’t please him for more than a minute and then your whole value was put back on the block. You were either worthy, or you were not, and he was leaning hard in one direction. One thing […]
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It was a weird moment. I was at a conference with one of my staff members and a local pastor. The pastor wanted to debate an issue, but I was hesitant. I remembered another debate with a fellow seminarian, which he ended with, “Anyone who has thought about this would agree.” So… I obviously hadn’t
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Amy Grant was my Taylor Swift. She was a girl with a guitar, who had a voice and a message that resonated with me. That girl is now sixty-five years old. I’m not far behind her. She recently “said goodbye” to her younger self by writing a eulogy to silence her inner critic. That girl
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Giving birth to a new idea is exhilarating! Helping others give birth is a holy calling. I was at the birth of all four of my children. Every child came into our world in a unique way. We had to force the first one out. The second child fought the process every step of the
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