I need a double dose of this today. “Self-pity is a vacuum into which gratitude cannot enter. In fact, self-pity and thanksgiving cannot coexist. They are mutually exclusive. Although thanksgiving is the antidote to this poison, few bound by self-pity will take the foray into expressing thanks for all the blessings they do have.” – …
I endorse all of these principles. Particularly the one about finishing on time. Have an agreed time, or agree on a time at the start of each meeting. Make sure you know if someone has to leave before that time. Nothing is more counter productive than meetings which go on until the business is finished. …
I saved this post by David Murray a couple of days ago. It flows on from my last post. It’s not meant to be exhaustive and there are some helpful additions in the comment stream at Murray’s blog. In a church of 100 people, 20 people will likely experience an episode of depression at some …
Dated January 19, 1563, Elector Frederick III’s preface to the Heidelberg Catechism is accepted as the document’s publication date. So today marks the 450th birthday of that aid to Christian devotion and education. While many of us rightly observe that the Shorter Catechism’s first question and answer: Q. What is the chief end of …
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