Lance Brown
Untroubled?
“In this world you will have trouble.” Well, Jesus, I certainly know about that! When troubles come I usually fall flat! “Let not your heart be troubled.” When troubles come in their course, Troubles troubling, my heart comes apart. First troubles come, then my troubled heart. Just like the cart comes after the horse.…
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Building a Relational Toolbox: Relational Effects & Impacts
Two of the reasons relationships are more difficult than it would seem they should be have to do with our relational effects and impacts. How we relate to someone has immediate effects. And how we relate to someone has relational impact over a long period of time. When we are blind to these two “tools” we…
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Building a Relational Toolbox: His vs. Mine
How does God use money in our lives? We think of money in terms of assets to spend. God thinks of it as a tool to shape. With it, He shapes our purpose, meaning, character, behavior, relationships, and our values. God does not need our money because He is poor, but He does want to…
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Building a Relational Toolbox: Adding Value, Creating Meaning
Relationships don’t grow without investing in them. You can add life into your relationships with two skills we’ll look at this week. The first is to “add value” to someone, which we can do when we listen to people, care about them, and give them words of life. The second is “creating meaning” with someone.…
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Investing in the Eternal
We life in a fast paced, self-centered world. Gratifying ourselves is not necessarily bad, after all God gave us our lives as a gift. However, it is far too easy, especially in our “post-Christian” culture, to buy into the world’s suggestion that “It’s really all about us and our people.” We just need to make…
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Building a Relational Toolbox: Conflict Resolution
As we continue our series and develop our relational tool box, we come to a tricky subject. What do you do when you are in a conflict? If we are honest, most of us don’t react well do instigating a difficult conversation, nor do we respond well when we feel called out on something we…
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