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GRSB3Ch36 Don't Let Your Strength Be Your Weakness

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

St. Gregory was years ahead of Myers-Briggs and even Strengthfinder. We need to know our strengths, but St. Gregory shows us how virtue can lead to vice, and vice can lead to virtue, and what to do about it.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How to address a group of people so that their virtues are strengthened, but the vices that oppose those virtues do not grow.

GRSB03Ch35 Driven By the Perceptions of Others

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

St. Gregory suggests that everyone wants to be known, his question is what do they want to be known for, and what do they want to conceal. As always, the answers are not always straight-forward, but St. Gregory helps us navigate that territory.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who do bad things secretly and good things openly, and those who do contrariwise.

GRSB3Ch34 The Christian Need for Project Management

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

St. Gregory’s eye to the future gave him insights to things that we consider innovations of our day. Time management and Project Management fall under that umbrella—and he makes it clear that when they are missing, well, that can be sinful. St. Gregory helps us understand the importance of what Peter Drucker called “Managing Oneself.”.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who do not even begin good things, and those who do not finish them when begun.

GRSB3Ch33 Big Sins or Little Sins?

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

Sometimes, sin attacks us out of nowhere, but sometimes, it simmers in us for a long time before it takes shape. St. Gregory helps us know how to deal with sin, whether it’s obvious or insidious.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who commit very small but frequent faults, and those who, while avoiding such as are very small, are sometimes plunged in such as are grievous.

GRSB3Ch32 How To Guard the Heart

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

Sometimes, sin attacks us out of nowhere, but sometimes, it simmers in us for a long time before it takes shape. St. Gregory helps us know how to deal with sin, whether it’s obvious or insidious.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who sin from sudden impulse and those who sin deliberately.

GRSB3Ch31 The Sheen of Sinlessness

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

Sometimes, we can actually be proud of our sin. Once again, St. Gregory takes us beyond the obvious and shows us God’s perspective on things.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who praise the unlawful things of which they are conscious, and those who while condemning them, in no wise guard against them.

GRSB3Ch30 Thought, Word, and Deed, Part 2

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

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.