If we are going to actually win this war on poverty we need to start with listening. As you are in conversation seek clues into their passions and hopes. Ask about moments in their life where everything went beautifully. Investigate the possibilities with them. Too often we encourage them to settle for the minimum. …
Job 42-1-6 Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know….
In reality, however, many of those in captivity are like those in Plato’s cave story. The men in the cave took great pride in their eyesight and in their interpretive abilities—yet all the time they were looking at shadows, mere illusions. Shadows created by the light of a fire set up behind them, their…
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.Matthew 5:13 In our modern era, we have lost the value of salt. You can go to…
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