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How to fight prejudice through policy conversations
After a vote that banned same-sex marriage in California, activist David Fleischer and his team at the Los Angeles LGBT Center started knocking on doors to test whether they could change voters' minds with a simple conversation. The results were encouraging. In this talk, Fleischer stresses the importance of deep canvassing and face to face interactions in reversing prejudice and effecting political change.
6 things to consider if you’re asked to meet with a church official
It can be tempting to believe that all it takes to enact change is a heartfelt conversation or two with the right person.
9 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About the Persecution of Christians
Is discrimination against Christians an acceptable form of prejudice?
How Do Pastors Pick Their Fights?
In a world of haters, trolls, and brawlers, we need pastors who know when and how to fight well, in love, for peace.
How Is Your Sabbath Conversation?
Do you uphold the Sabbath standard in your fellowship?
Questions: On attending a homosexual wedding
From time to time, I have a conversation with someone via email that gets at ideas that I think will be helpful for the broader High Point body. A High Point member recently came to me for advice a…
Purpose is Revealed Through a WHY Conversation
Rather than writing to you about what YOU need to do to discover your life purpose, I invite you to listen in on an intimate conversation between you & me.
5 Tips for Managing Gospel Conversations
We all want to be better at managing conversations about the gospel, but where do we start? David Souther shares several tips you can put into practice immediately - read our latest blog.
How to Fight Envy in the Workplace
If you’re trying to find a job where you feel awesome, remember that Jesus has already been awesome for you.
4 Tips to Help You Navigate Through Complaints About Your Ministry
It's inevitable. You are going to have a difficult conversation if you work in ministry.
How to Keep a Conversation Flowing
The pauses were excruciating. My parents and I stared across the room at my chemistry teacher and his wife. We smiled northern white Protestant smiles. We had nothing to say. I vowed that when I grew up, I would never settle for an awkward conversation.
5 Great Spiritual Conversation Questions
What are some evangelistic spiritual conversation questions that might lead to deep spiritual discussions? Kevin Harney suggests a few in his book.
What Is Prayer? All the Ways We Misunderstand Prayer
What is prayer? We often misunderstand prayer. While prayer is more than casual conversation with our Creator, it’s far from twisting God’s arm to get what we want.
How We Talk About God: Both
As we continue a (re)new(ed) conversation about God, our next word, after HUM and OPEN, is BOTH. We love the either/or framework of knowing things. We’re also skeptical of it. For instance, w…
What Happens When Culture, Faith, and Vocation Collide?
I can’t tell you how many years I’ve waited to have the conversation.
Being Known: Weekly One Hour Conversation with a Friend
Shifting from daily to weekly habits sends me to the trellis/calendar to chart out next steps. No doubt a one hour conversation with a friend provides an opportunity for accountability, including the practice of Scripture Before Smartphone.
The Guide to Your Nonprofit Whistleblower Policy
We’ll review the purpose a whistleblower policy serves, explain how it can protect your nonprofit, and provide an overview of the core elements involved.
How to help fight Modern Slavery
Revd Liam O'Boyle describes the work being carried out to combat modern slavery and how you can spot the signs that people are being exploited
5 Keys to Having Meaningful, Life-Giving Conversations With Non-Christians
meaningful life: At some point, if you are sincere about your Christian faith, you are going to have a conversation with someone about it. Or are you?
3 Big Mistakes in Making Church Policies
No one like rules, but without them life is no more than chaos. The truth is that we need policies. We may not like them, but we need these guidelines, fences and boundaries that not only help us move together as an aligned team, but protect us from wasting time, effort and energy.
Foundations' Debt Strategy Charts New Ground, Raises Policy Questions
The decision by several major foundations to take on debt to finance an additional $1.7 billion in grants is a milestone moment in big philanthropy, but it is unlikely that a large number of foundations will follow the practice, experts say.
