Why love your enemies? Because practicing love, in the end costs you less than practicing hate. Hate consumes us. Hate embitters. Spending your energy practicing hate will not help you to grow as a person. Hate shrinks us. God does not want you to be smaller. You were made not for hate, but for love.
Category Archives: Leadership
Pay Attention to the Transitions
The transitions can be difficult. Moving beyond what was and into what might be, can feel scary, but it is the only way forward. Put your stock in the future. Have faith. And know that, no matter how much you grumble, God won’t leave you alone.
Practicing Lent: Service and Justice
A Lenten Conversation on Spiritual Practices: This week, the distinction between service and justice, and the importance of both.
Servant Leadership: What do you do when you discover you’re the most powerful person in the room?
https://soundcloud.com/holy-communion-ucity/servant-leadership?in=holy-communion-ucity/sets/sermons What do you do when you discover you are the most powerful person in the room? It may seem an odd question to ask on a Sunday morning, but hearing this lesson about the Sons of Zebedee, this question comes to mind for me. The question is attached to a story I will tellContinueContinue reading “Servant Leadership: What do you do when you discover you’re the most powerful person in the room?”
Mike Angell 