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Less is more
Because I have so much to learn in this area, I am relying on one of our Catch members today for advice on raising kids — in this case, highly opinionated kids who happen to be his sons. This discussion … Continue reading
Life between the answers with certainty
My Catch is late today because I’ve been caught in the middle. It’s a familiar place. I commonly vacillate between wanting to give you the answers with certainty (that makes me look good), and wanting to capture what it is … Continue reading
What do we have in common?
Continuing our deeper discussion on bridge-building is discussing the concept Look for what you have in common. This is pretty self-explanatory, but it’s harder than it looks. It relies, as all parts of bridge-building do, on the last concept about … Continue reading
I’m right; You’re wrong; So what?
Like we said on Tuesday of this week, being right is overrated. I wonder how many relationships have been sacrificed at the altar of being right. What is it that makes us do this? Is it our natural competitiveness — … Continue reading
Living with confrontation
I need to build a bridge to my son. He’s over there somewhere; I’m over here somewhere, and there is a wall between us. I built the wall, brick by brick, by avoidance. I’m the one who can remove it … Continue reading
Out of my shell
Be vulnerable. Be open-minded Look for what you have in common. Empathize. Cross over. Be willing to admit you were wrong. Be more eager to listen than to talk. Yesterday’s Catch was about building bridges. It listed 7 different things … Continue reading
Building bridges in a season of walls
Jesus gave us one command before he left. It was the last thing He told us. He told us to go. Go into all the world. Go into all the world and make disciples. Go into all the world and … Continue reading
Keep the door open
I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me— also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. They have all become citizens of Jerusalem! Regarding Jerusalem it will be said, “Everyone enjoys … Continue reading
Kung-fu sheep?
Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be wary as snakes and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16) How often do you read about Jesus in the gospels and then look at what calls itself “Christian” in our … Continue reading
A quiet kind of revolution
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Earlier I shared, in this Catch, how almost daily I go help Marti’s fellow … Continue reading
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