Ask questions that begin with WHAT

The better your question the deeper you’ll go!Read through the gospels and you’ll discover that Jesus asked lots of questions.  I think he does this, in part, because he wants people to be real with him and to take responsibility for their own lives.  One of my favorite of Jesus’ questions is in John chapterContinueContinue reading “Ask questions that begin with WHAT”

Relational IQ can grow long after IQ (intelligence quotient)

Your raw intelligence doesn’t change much after your teens.Not so your relational intelligence.  Author Ken Sande calls relational intelligence “the ability to discern emotions and interests in yourself and others, to interpret them in light of God’s Word, and to then use this insight to manage your responses and relationships constructively.”Of course you have toContinueContinue reading “Relational IQ can grow long after IQ (intelligence quotient)”

Don’t be surprised! All together now: DON’T BE SURPRISED!

1.  Conflict will likely heat up as you grow in the Lord.2.  Stay present … to the very end.  “At your post, soldier!”3.  Be willing to live in this tension:  Is this a time where I just let it go, or should I speak up, speaking the truth in love?  (If it is the latter,ContinueContinue reading “Don’t be surprised! All together now: DON’T BE SURPRISED!”