Gentleness
Gentleness - Part 7: Gentle to the End
Posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A 7-day series on the fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness There is a moment that comes to every person - the moment when the mask slips, when the pressure breaks through, when we are tempted to lash out, to crush, to retaliate. It is in that moment that gentleness is most costly and most beautiful. It is in that moment that the world watches to see what we really believe.Gentleness - Part 6: Growing in Gentleness
Posted on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There’s a moment that happens to every person who is trying to grow. You’re in the middle of your day. Someone cuts you off in traffic. Your coworker misrepresents something you said in a meeting. Your child pushes back hard against something you’ve asked them to do. And in that moment - before you even think - something rises up. Irritation. Frustration. The impulse to say something sharp, to set someone straight, to make your point heard.Gentleness - Part 5: Gentle Leadership
Posted on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
What do you think of when you hear the word leadership? Maybe you picture a corner office. Maybe a title on a door. Maybe the person who makes the final call, sits at the head of the table, or gets to decide how things go. Now what do you think of when you hear the word gentle? Probably something different. A nursery. Soft voices. Warm blankets. Here’s the problem: those two words — leadership and gentleness — aren’t opposites.Gentleness - Part 4: Gentleness Toward the Vulnerable
Posted on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a moment in the Gospel of Mark that should break us a little bit. Jesus is teaching. People are bringing children to Him – not important children, not impressive children, not children who will grow up to be donors or leaders or influencers. Just children. The disciples see them coming and they try to stop it. They shoo the mothers away. In their minds, this is not a good use of the Master’s time.Gentleness - Part 3: When the Heat Is On
Posted on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Conflict. Nobody wants it. Everybody ends up in it anyway. Maybe it’s a conversation that started fine and went sideways. Maybe it’s that group text where someone took a shot at you. Maybe it’s a close friendship that’s been fraying for weeks and you’re both pretending it’s fine. Whatever the shape, conflict arrives — and how you respond says everything about the fruit you’re bearing. Here’s what gentleness is not: silent surrender.Gentleness - Part 2: God's Gentleness With Us
Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Have you ever stood at the edge of a cliff and felt the wind threaten to push you over? There is a version of God that would let that happen. The God who holds the oceans in His hands, who commands galaxies with a word — that God has every right to crush the fragile things that disobey Him. And yet. David wrote, “You have given me your shield; your right hand upholds me, and your gentleness made me great” (Psalm 18:35).Gentleness - Part 1: What Gentleness Is (And Why It's Not Weakness)
Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Someone says something cutting. Your pulse rises. You have a retort ready — and it’s good. You could shut them down. You could win this. And part of you wants to. But you don’t. Is that gentleness? Is that what it means to be “gentle”? Not quite. Not yet. See, gentleness doesn’t begin with restraint in the heat of the moment. It begins earlier — in the quiet decision to carry your strength like a loaded weapon you choose never to fire.Gentleness: A Sunday Night Reflection
Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Losing Time, Gaining Perspective Well, here we are—Sunday night, and we’ve officially “lost” an hour to Daylight Savings Time. That’s always a strange feeling, isn’t it? One minute it’s 1:59 AM, and suddenly it’s 3:00 AM. An entire hour, gone in the blink of an eye. But you know what? Maybe that’s not such a bad reminder on a day like today. The Gentle Art of Letting Go We spent this Sunday exploring gentleness—that often-overlooked Fruit of the Spirit.Gentleness: Strength Under Control
Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Gentleness: Strength Under Control When we think of gentleness today, we might picture someone soft-spoken, timid, or easily pushed around. But biblical gentleness—Greek word prautÄ“s—paints a different picture entirely. Biblical Gentleness: Strength Under Control In the ancient world, prautÄ“s described a wild animal that had been tamed. Think of a powerful horse or fierce lion that had learned to respond to its master’s voice. The power was still there, but it was now purposeful rather than destructive.