(I’ve been blessed to be caught in various conversations after finishing teaching my own workshops, so I’m only going to be able to catch the very end of Ken’s workshop … but I thought  I’d go ahead and LiveBlog my notes just in case they are a blessing to you too.)     (Partial) Ken Sande Relational Wisdom Workshop 

Peacemaker Conference: Ted Kober General Session #2 

This post has absolutely nothing to do with peacemaking or Shalom or gospel relationships or anything like those topics. This is a simple product recommendation because OH MY STARS! If you have a laptop that tends to char your lap with its heat (like I do), this may end up being the best $20 you spend this year … Fred just purchased for me the Cooler Master NotePal X2 Laptop Cooling Pad with 140mm Blue LED Fan and I absolutely LOVE IT. We actually purchased it for purely practical reasons–even when propped up on books to try to keep the air circulating, my laptop kept fritzing out due to being overheated.…

I love everything I’ve ever read by Jerry Bridges, including this: Transforming Grace – Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love  

JC Ryle, Commentary on Luke: Do you want to know the root and spring of humility? One word describes it. The root of humility is right knowledge. The person who really knows himself and his own heart, who knows God and his infinite majesty and holiness, who knows Christ and the price at which he was redeemed, that person will never be a proud person.  He will count himself, like Jacob, unworthy of the least of all God’s mercies. He will say of himself, like Job, ”I am unworthy.” He will cry, like Paul, “I am the worst of sinners” He will consider others better than himself (Philippians 2:3). (HT: Z) 

We are so grateful that my first book, Peacemaking Women, exists in Spanish and we’ve received a number of requests for my video series to be dubbed into Spanish too. The only thing stopping this project is finances—so we are applying for a grant to fund it. As a part of the grant application, we’re supposed to include stories of how people are impacted by the materials, so I was wondering if any of you might have a testimony or story about how Spanish biblical peacemaking principles have helped you personally, and/or your family, community, church, etc. (Or why they are needed.) If so, please drop me an email and let me…