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GRSB3Ch29 Thought, Word, and Deed, Part 1

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

 

The words I used in the title? Well, those are my words, but St. Gregory digs into these ideas and shows us just how complicated they are. Once again, our culture has shaped our thinking and we’ve gotten all bent out of shape. Here, Gregory helps hammer us back into shape with some eternal truths.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought.

GRSB3Ch28 What Grandma and Grandpa Knew

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory might could easily rile you up. He talks about sexual sin. We’re so soaked in our culture, that his words sound like something from another time. They are, but they are also timeless. He challenges all of us with things that maybe we’ve probably never considered.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not.

GRSB3Ch27 Nurturing the Married and the Single

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory might make you a bit uncomfortable. But in the midst of it all, he gives us hope. That hope comes from dragging the issue into the light. If you disagree, at least respect him enough to listen.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How the married and the single are to be admonished.

Bk3Ch26 Those who Can't Lose, and Those who Can't WIn

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory talks about something that bugs almost everyone. Why are there people who succeed at everything, and people who seem to succeed at nothing. Gregory doesn’t explain it away, he just sheds some light on some things that maybe we’ve never considered.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does.

Bk3Ch25 Right-size your Humility

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people need humility, but they also need to assess themselves accurately. Gregory shows us how that looks.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste.

Bk3Ch24 Handle the Truth Properly

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people are just in different places regarding their spiritual growth. Gregory gives us the wisdom we need to help them.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished.

Bk3Ch23 What's the Opposite of Peacemaker?

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses another facet of conflict management. Some people are not peacemakers, and some are. Gregory helps us understand how to lead them forward .

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished.

Bk3Ch22 Conflict Management 101

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that conflict management is harder than it looks.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those that are at variance and those that are at peace are to be admonished.

Bk3Ch21 On Our Relationship with Stuff, Part 2

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

Chapters 20 and 21 by St. Gregory address our relationship to stuff. As you already know, My friend St. Gregory doesn’t pull any punches. As always, Gregory helps us understand how to help people to seek first the Kingdom of God.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who desire not the things of others, but keep their own; and those who give of their own, yet seize on those of others.

Bk3Ch20 -- On Our Relationship With Stuff, Part 1

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

Chapters 20 and 21 by St. Gregory address our relationship to stuff. As you already know, My friend St. Gregory doesn’t pull any punches. As always, Gregory helps us understand how to help people to seek first the Kingdom of God.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How to be admonished are those who give away what is their own, and those who seize what belongs to others.