Community and Relationships
Reflections from an Enneagram Four: Learning Not to Let Emotions Rule
My parents didn’t know about the Enneagram back in 1989. If they had, it would have been pretty clear to them what was up: I was a Four. My flagship quote could be this bit of dialogue from Doctor Who: “What’s good about sad?” “It’s happy, for deep people.”
Reflections from an Enneagram Three: Learning to Rest in Truth
When I heard about a Christian group on campus, I knew it was something I didn’t want to just join—it was an opportunity for me to step up and lead. I was driven, ambitious, and a little too eager to shine. I was, in short, a young Three on the Enneagram.
Reflections from an Enneagram Two: Learning to Receive from Others
Twos will never run out of people to help. At our best, we are loving, generous, and unselfish. We can provide a healing presence for others, reflecting God’s love.
Reflections from an Enneagram One: Learning to Live in Grace
Ones see in the world an invitation to fix its problems. And while that may be exhausting for you, just imagine what it’s like inside our heads.
Reflections from an Enneagram Nine: Learning to Face Conflict and Take Action
Calm, content, even-tempered, and most of all, conflict avoidant, the Enneagram Nine description fit me.
Reflections from an Enneagram Eight: Learning to Be Vulnerable
As I’ve learned more about Eights I’ve realized that they are generally self-confident, confrontational, strong, assertive, honest (sometimes brutally), and decisive people. When I read that description now I feel like it pretty accurately describes me.
Welcome to the Enneagram: A Tool for Transformation
What is the Enneagram? Join us at the blog over the next nine weeks to get a little taste of this helpful tool.
Misleading First Impressions and Good Differences
A lot of us, I’m sure, have heard how important it is to make a good first impression, which is true. But at the same time, people are complicated. It takes time to see who they really are, why they act the way they do.
How to Love Your (Dysfunctional) Family Well (and Every Family Is Dysfunctional)
Over the years, the Lord has done a lot of work in my heart to help me better love my family, dysfunctions and all. Here are a few practices I have found helpful along the way.
Being Good Guests in the Land
At Thanksgiving we are guests at God’s table of healing and grace. As good guests, we receive his grace and forgiveness and carry it out into the world to be agents of healing, even in the places where we have brought the brokenness.
