Four Tips for Difficult Conversations
- August 26, 2018
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
“Do you think she needs counseling?”
That was the abrupt beginning to a hard conversation with a friend last night.
Earlier in the day, my daughter...
Jesus, Wake Me Up!
- January 14, 2018
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
Today is the day when we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The day when we recognize the progress we’ve made toward...
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What’s Your Promised Land?
- November 02, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
What’s your biggest leadership failure?
I wonder how Moses would answer that question. Imagine that you are Moses, spending time with God up on Mount...
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Bethlehem
- October 17, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
As I walk the five blocks to the bus stop, I pass the glorious red maple tree on the right. And then the poplar,...
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The Dreaded “L” Word
- October 03, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
One slow Saturday morning not so very long ago, I was snuggling with my daughter in her bed. And from my vantage point two...
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On Seatbacks and Sin
- September 19, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
Last Sunday, I flew from Philadelphia to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with a layover in Detroit. It was the fifteenth anniversary of that horrible...
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What are you hiding?
- June 19, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
I’m pretty much an open book. It’s easy for me to open up to people—to share the good and the bad in my life,...
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Sharp Knives and Leaky Tents: Lessons from Camping
- June 01, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
Spurred on by my cub scout’s requirement to camp before his next pack meeting, we loaded our family up and headed to a state...
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I Am Overweight
- February 24, 2016
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- Anna Moseley Gissing
I am overweight. I have been my entire adult life. You’ve heard of the freshman 15? I gained the freshman 27. And I never...
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Giving Up Yes for Lent
- February 09, 2016
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
This piece was originally published at The Well.
Teddy Roosevelt’s quote rings often in my ears:
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win...