On Non-Violence

theeffect · On Non - Violence Dave Brisbin 8.2.20A public debate we’ve been having for past few months and past sixty or seventy years is whether violence is necessary to effect needed political change in our society and law. Or can non-violent methods work just as...

Unfinished Business

theeffect · Unfinished Business Dave Brisbin 7.26.0Ever wonder why the world is the way it is? Why isn’t it some other way? Why is life so difficult? Why do we have to eat other living things to stay alive? Why is there so much evil in the world? Death and...

Leading the Way

theeffect · Leading The Way Dave Brisbin 7.19.20I was asked to talk about leadership last week, and I took a deep breath before responding because I realized what a loaded topic it was and how the request itself was coming from a profound disappointment in our current...

Uncarved Wood

theeffect · Uncarved Wood Dave Brisbin 7.12.20A friend makes the comment that being a Christian is really hard. I ask why. He says it’s hard to meet moral and ethical standards, understand theological and doctrinal concepts, and live the precepts of the church. Well,...

Each Other

theeffect · Each Other Dave Brisbin 7.5.20My wife tells me we need to talk about hope on Sunday. It’s been so heavy lately, so much to process, so much disturbance, where do we look for hope? That’s the key isn’t it? To continue to find hope, to continue to trust that...

Breaking Through

theeffect · Breaking Through Dave Brisbin 6.28.20The current unrest over race relations has opened and even forced the opportunity for honest discussion about race and persistent inequality in our country. Unfortunately amid the demonstrations and destruction, the...

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