Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. This is the pivot point in this section of Paul’s letter. He is making a sharp turn, moving from warning about the false confidence his opponents are offering to encouraging the Philippians to lay hold of the...

Another video by Brene Brown, this time the follow-up to her earlier TEDTalk on vulnerability. After talking briefly about the personal repercussions of her previous Talk, she shares more of her research on shame. Shame is a powerful category in our lives and world that is, as she shows,...