The Gift of Limits. The Gift of Learning to Say No

Anita Mathias — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:23:21 +0000

Here’s a striking story from The Emotionally Healthy Church by Pete Scazzero. Rabbi Edwin Friedman tells the story of a man who had given much thought to what he wanted from life. After trying many things, succeeding at some and failing at others, he finally decided what he wanted. One day the opportunity came for […]

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The Parable of the Bridge or “When to Say No to Insistent People”

Anita Mathias — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:06:01 +0000

I once co-led a slightly dysfunctional women’s group which studied The Emotionally Healthy Church by Pete Scazzero recommended to us by an emotionally unhealthy woman leading women’s ministries and the study ended in emotionally unhealthy tears and trauma. And so, I did not finish reading the book, but this story lingers in my memory. Rabbi […]

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The Gift of Limits. The Gift of Learning to Say No

The Parable of the Bridge or “When to Say No to Insistent People”