Pride

13 studies

"Bless us Lord, rain down your blessings on us, we just ask you Lord to bless us." I didn't object to the prayer in a...

A friend at church said he struggled to have a quiet time. I had to suppress a smile because his inconsistency made me f...

Who am I to question someone’s faith? It’s the kind of accusation that abusive leaders use to destabilize and control. E...

"For five months I've perceived you as being arrogant to me. So I've been praying for you every day and trying to start...

I once got incredibly angry at one of my roommates because he wrote a blog with what I considered bad theology. I felt I...

In 1970, John Darley and Daniel Batson asked seminary students at Princeton Theological Seminary to participate in a stu...

"So, what do you do for a living?" is my least favorite question. I've found that most people change the topic when I te...

After checking my website analytics for the tenth time in a day, I've asked myself too many times, "What's the point of...

In Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, two swindlers convince a foolish but fashionable emperor to buy their magical c...

A Twitter friend won an award. I thought about posting "Congratulations!" but I was too jealous to celebrate. I thoug...

In seminary, I took a preaching class that required us to give mini-sermons in front of our peers. I agonized over every...

After the large group ended, I stood at the back of Sever 113, one of the auditoriums on Harvard's campus, to talk to st...

Two days after the second meeting of the Bible study I had proudly nicknamed "Awesome Group," a couple got in touch to e...

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