Won’t You Be my Neighbor? October 17, 2010

When Jesus said “love your neighbor as yourself” he was talking about treating unequal people as equals. This was a command to love people who are not like you. We get caught up on the word neighbor, and so did his audience. Someone asked “Who is my neighbor?” and Jesus answered with a story. The [...]

Raising the Bar October 14, 2010

A strange thing happens when we take a position, join a team, make the cut, or are accepted into a group: we immediately and instinctively raise the bar for entrance behind us. If it was easy for us to get in, we make it complicated for others. If there weren’t any expectations, guidelines or procedures [...]