Oct 06, 2013

The church is often a place of lies rather than a place of truth

No, I am not talking theology, especially in the evangelical world. I am talking about how we pretend we are "all together," the struggles we hide and the huge lack of transparency about our lives because it is not safe to tell the truth: That we are broken, struggling, hurting people, deeply in need of grace and deeply in need of the support of other believers if we could only tell them our need.

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Oct 06, 2013

The church is often a place of lies rather than a place of truth

No, I am not talking theology, especially in the evangelical world. I am talking about how we pretend we are "all together," the struggles we hide and the huge lack of transparency about our lives because it is not safe to tell the truth: That we are broken, struggling, hurting people, deeply in need of grace and deeply in need of the support of other believers if we could only tell them our need.

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Nov 18, 2012

The power of personal transparency


What is the secret that draws people to us or us to others? There is no one thing but there are a confluence of practices that matter. One of these is the practice of transparency where others are invited into our lives in authentic ways that allow the real us to rub off on others.


I am by nature a fairly private person who thinks before I talk, usually responds in a measured way even in tough...
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Nov 18, 2012

The power of personal transparency


What is the secret that draws people to us or us to others? There is no one thing but there are a confluence of practices that matter. One of these is the practice of transparency where others are invited into our lives in authentic ways that allow the real us to rub off on others.


I am by nature a fairly private person who thinks before I talk, usually responds in a measured way even in tough...
Read more