By Steve Matthews, Partner Relations Director “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our...
Freedom to Choose our Response
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Posts by Steve Matthews
Summer is a time for…
By Steve Matthews While it is not yet officially summer, my FaithX colleagues and I are already checking in about shifts in activity and awareness...
The Messiness of Resurrection
by Steve Matthews FaithX Missional Consultant My early experience of church was not positive. It was not a place of comfort or grace. There was a...
Happy Easter and Chag Pesach Sameach (Happy Passover) from your friends at FaithX
“A Prayer for Peace” By Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (translated by Rabbi Deborah Silver) May it be Your will, Holy One, our God, our ancestors’ God,...
A Blast from the Past for Today? (or “Why I do this Work”)
By Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Missional Consultant It’s St. Patrick’s Day-week, and March 17 gives me pause. I’m grateful for the opportunity to...
“What are you willing to do anyway?”
By Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Missional Consultant A few years ago, I was sitting with a group of area clergy after a long day of conference...
The Risk of Being Who You Really Are
Ugh. Words like “vulnerability” and “risk” make me squeamish. I don’t like heights. I get nervous if I drive too fast or if my bike picks up too much speed on the downhill. I feel green if I over-share, and I’ve never enjoyed therapy. I tend to avoid conflict. (Am I over-sharing?). Even taking into consideration the realities of these resistances, I do indeed know the thrill of going fast, I benefit from therapy, and conflict is sometimes a natural path to something more and better. I may resist vulnerability, but I know the benefits of showing up “real” and sometimes trying on new and perhaps more vulnerable behaviors.
Not-so-Ordinary-Time
By Steve Matthews Senior Missional Consultant In Christian liturgical traditions this is the first week of “Ordinary Time.” Ordinary...
