Relational Wisdom Blog

RW360’s Blog provides an inspirational kickoff for your week, practical guidance on how to use relational wisdom and peacemaking with family, friends and coworkers, and updates on ministry developments, new resources and training opportunities. See dozens of topics below.

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Leadership Meltdown Leads to Amazing Reconciliation
As happens all too often, City Churches’ rapid growth set them up for serious conflict, which led to...
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A Tiny Shih Tzu Almost Killed Me ... Then Brought Me to Tears at the Cross
As I walked my dog, Cooper, two days ago, I heard a tiny, pleading bark on the cliffs above our home....
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The Three Faces of Fear
Fear usually triggers one of three reactions: control, anger or withdrawal (the latter two actually being...
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Hooked on Hormones
Cindy and Alicia, both seventeen, walked out of the mall after a fun afternoon of shopping. Just as they...
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10 Rules for a Secure, Fulfilling and Intimate Marriage
I’ve mediated over 600 divorces. By God’s grace, over half of these couples reconciled during the mediation...
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Three Wounded Pilots Who Flew Their Teams to Safety
As the Delta Force special ops team flew into Caraccas to capture Nicolas Maduro last week, heavy gunfire...
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Reconciliation in a Christian School
Last week I received a testimony from a woman who had been involved in a conflict with a fellow teacher...
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Six Ways to Defeat Loneliness at Christmas
Three weeks before Christmas, Wolfgang Dircks died while watching television. His body wasn’t discovered...
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The Best Gift You Can Give at Christmas
I hardly noticed the old rancher sitting in the front row of the small Montana church where I was preaching...
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10 Ways to Connect Deeply at Thanksgiving
Would you like to move beyond superficial conversation during your Thanksgiving gathering this year? Would...
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St. Augustine and I Share a Common Lust
I share a lust with St. Augustine. Although he was a pillar of the church, he regularly prayed, “O Lord,...
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Seven Benefits of a Smile
My daughter, Megan, was eighteen months old when she decided to test her smile on an angry looking biker. Just...
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