In the 14th century Henry Suso wrote: “Where is virtue preserved except in adversity?”* That’s intense. Let’s take a closer look. First, what is virtue? It’s not a word we use very much anymore. But it’s a good one. It comes up in 2 Peter 1. It means ‘moral excellence.’ Second, where is it used … Continue reading Virtue and adversity
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Discomfort, pain and youth
Chris Colquitt is a campus minister for the Reformed University Fellowship at Northwestern University. In a recent talk he was speaking about faith and Gen Z. That’s the generation born roughly between 1996 and 2010. One of the things he talked about was how kids were (and are) raised, and the influence this has on … Continue reading Discomfort, pain and youth
Meet Adversity, your teacher and trainer
A bunch of people were put in a room and each given the same short story to read. It was about a young man who went through several difficult hardships. Then they were given a pencil and were invited to cross out anything in the story they thought would result in the young man having … Continue reading Meet Adversity, your teacher and trainer
Tension
Got some tension in your relationships? This perspective shift may be just what you need.
