Restoration in a Transformational Community 11: Are Sin and Pain Connected? I teach believers how to identify and deal with their unfinished business. Unfinished business is all the spiritual, emotional and mental baggage we accumulate and continue to carry even after...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 10: Of All the Stupid Choices, Why Sin? In “You’ve Got Mail,” Tom Hanks’ character plays the ‘worst version of himself’ at one point in building a relationship with his future love. He is shot through with remorse almost...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 9: Avoid Being a Rescuer One of my friends asked my opinion about how to handle a person he was mentoring in the faith. It seems that this person is beginning to have success in his work. He is becoming known in his field....
Restoration in a Transformational Community 8: Learning from Jesus How to Be a Safe Person Another truth that Apostle John’s story shows us about being safe is that you cannot be put off by the nature of the sin the person committed. Shocking though it may seem to...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 7: Learning from Your Own Brokenness How to Be a Safe Person How do you unlearn deeply ingrained judgmental beliefs that get in the way of loving someone enough to engage in their restoration? Paul’s answer is to watch...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 6: Learning from John How to Be a Safe Person Learning to be safe requires that you first grasp what it will cost you to accept that those who mess up still belong to the family. This is neither easy nor cheap. According to...