Years ago, when I read the book Now Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham, I experienced a profound shift in how I perceived myself. Taking the strengths-based inventory, our team discovered the places where we each shined and began brainstorming the...
A banana, a vacant lot and the word “ulterior.” Do these things have anything in common? Nope. But in an improvisational comedy show comedians take the words, props, and situations they’re given and create a dialogue. Improv is distinctly different from...
My husband and I felt pleased as we admired the gleaming white subway tile we had installed for a backsplash during our DIY kitchen renovation. Beautiful! Except for the one corner where we had run out of grout at 10pm to finish tiling the wall. Though we...
If you get a churning feeling in your stomach or go out of your way to avoid sharing your faith at work, it’s worth it to ask yourself why.
Listening and empathy are greatly underestimated skills that most of us can grow into, and key when sharing our faith with a coworker or next-door neighbor.
As Christians, we need to step outside our own experience and what is culturally comfortable to put ourselves in the shoes of people we label as “other.”
Molly shifted her baby on her hip, feeling stressed as she looked around the crowded hotel lobby. She had parked the stroller out of the way…
