Our university department trains leaders. We mentor leaders who face difficult and contentious conflict and have to make tough decisions. We have to train them to confront but also to find safe places to duck into. A safe place gives…
Tag: development
Right vs Righteous
He was the paragon of perfection. He was the epitome of the Jewish lifestyle well lived. He honored his parents, managed his money well, worked hard six days a week and rested the Seventh. He controlled his anger and was…
Resolutions & Regrets: A New Year
What are you plans for 2015? Finish a degree? Get married? Have children? Help the children you have? Travel more? Survive cancer? A web site tracking resolutions list the top 10 as: Lose weight Get organized Spend Less. Save More.…
Three Stories that Frame the Moral Life: God’s, Satan’s, and Yours
The following is longer than usual and Adapted from a talk given at Andrews Academy, Sept 9, 2014…. Seniors, Thank you for letting me talk with you on your special day. Your motto “Bene in Christo” is in Latin.…
The Sabbath as Moral Healing and Training
In his controversial book, The Righteous Mind, and on several YouTube videos Jonathan Haidt talks about the six main moral values that help frame people’s sense of right and wrong. He notes that liberals tend to focus on the first…
Moral Manhood- Eldredge Six Stages & Ethical Learning
John Eldredge has written many books (Wild at Heart, Epic, Utter Relief of Holiness, etc.) designed to help men understand the different stages of life and the moral growth each will give them opportunity to develop. A man can be…