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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02 July 2025
Penetrating Barriers with the Gospel
Megan had switched on a force field that put the Starship Enterprise to shame. It had been another...
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23 March 2025
A Wave of Confessions Saves a Church
At last he had his chance. Clutching his prepared statement in his hand, Mark sat down in the front pew,...
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15 December 2024
How Can You Forgive Me? I Killed Your Baby.
  Click Here to Download PDF Alicia was born prematurely. Worse yet, she was born near the end of...
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02 June 2024
A Stolen Baby, $200M Lawsuit and an Astonishing Reconciliation
It’s not often that pastoral counseling sets the stage for a kidnapping, a $200 million lawsuit...
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20 March 2022
Four Ways to Defeat Amygdala Hijacking
The apostle Peter’s denial of Christ is a classic example of a neurological/emotional failure that...
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07 February 2021
Round Four with Cancer ... and It's Still All About Relationship
The last thing you want to hear from your doctor after three battles with cancer is, “I’ve...
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A Cripple Walks, Leaps and Runs!
2021 Harvest Report The COVID crisis crippled our live training this year … but we serve a God who loves...
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Please Help Us Help Others
A few days ago, an exhausted nurse named Samantha requested a scholarship to our online training. Here’s...
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Give the Gift of Relationship
The holiday season often presents three challenging questions: First, “What meaningful gift can I give...
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32 Ways to Enjoy Highly Relational Holidays
If you’re like most people, the coming holiday season will be either the best time of the year...
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20 Ways to Prevent and Resolve Conflict in the Church
The COVID crisis, combined with heightened racial and political tension, has triggered unprecedented...
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The Last Human Freedom
“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude.” So wrote Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist...
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Can You Read Faces?
Many years ago a trial attorney read a distressed look in my eyes and responded in a way that changed...
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To Mask or Not to Mask ... That Is the Divisive Question
Masks are dividing churches all around the country. Some church members are willing to continue following...
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Reflecting Christ in a Chaotic World - Using the Upgraded RW Small Group Study
Have you ever seen a time like this? A time when relational tensions are threatening to divide so many...
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Four Amazing Church Discipline Cases
I’ve been involved in dozens of church discipline cases, both as an elder in my church and as a conciliator...
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What You Can Do About Racial Tensions
As I watched the George Floyd memorial service this afternoon, I was grieved more than ever by his tragic...
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Serving a Barista
She was working the early shift at a small Starbucks counter in Dulles Airport. The young barista had...
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