The difference between scholar and sage; and sage and grumbler by Mark Buchanan. Most real wisdom, the deep stuff, is formed in a crucible. It is shaped out of pain. We can know many things – things learned in books, things gleaned from observation or conversation, things fitted together through contemplation. All is good, and …
Justin Taylor put together a few recent posts by others about the danger of gossip and how to respond to it: Kent Hughes: Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or …
Zack Eswine expands on the life metaphor that if you’re going to give shade you have to develop deep roots. This is a principle he sees in the life of our Saviour, Jesus. What was he doing in the thirty years before his public ministry began? Growing roots. Developing a sense of place. Which is …
I don’t believe the ability to point out a problem is, in itself, a spiritual gift, certainly not one which the church should celebrate and cultivate in Christians. Pete Hurst offers a few thoughts on where we should tell negative people to go: Being negative, a pessimist, a cynic, is not God’s will for a …
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