Overachievers and Dropouts

theeffect · Overachievers And Dropouts Dave Brisbin 11.1.20What happens to children growing up in a house with parents who hold such high standards that they are essentially impossible to please? How do children respond when the only acceptance and approval they know...

Off the Continuum

theeffect · Off The Continuum Dave Brisbin 10.25.20Continuing with the theme of grace—the unmerited favor, unconditional love without which there is no gospel at all—we focus on why it is so hard for us to grasp and begin to trust in a way that changes our attitudes...

Grace: The Path to Peace

theeffect · Grace The Path To Peace Frank Billman 10.18.20Grace is one of the cornerstones of the Christian faith. It is a concept that we all celebrate and eagerly accept because we all know that we need God’s grace desperately. The challenge comes in taking grace...

Nothing More to Ask

theeffect · Nothing More To Ask Dave Brisbin 10.11.20A conversation with a friend who was just diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer rivets me. From stomach pain to hearing a doctor say that the metastasis was so extensive that she had maybe two weeks or two...

Practicing Presence

theeffect · Practicing Presence Dave Brisbin 10.4.20Have you ever been with someone who was so fully present and focused on you that you’ll never forget the moment? Someone who made you feel at that moment that you were the only person in the world? Or the room at...

Einstein’s Blackboard

theeffect · Einstein's Blackboard Dave Brisbin 9.20.20Still talking about presence as the foundation of Jesus’ Way and the contemplative prayer that will take us there. When Moses came down off the mountain with God, his face was shining, and when contemplatives...

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