In this week’s Gospel reading, Matthew relates a plan by some really smart people to trap Jesus in a lose/lose situation. Either way he answers them, he gets into trouble.

In today’s political terms, it’s a “gotcha” question.

Ultimately, though, he’s not the one who got gotcha’d.

Columbia Business School professor, W. Edwards Deming famously said, “Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does.” Think about it.

Similarly, we live in a day that seems perfectly designed to get the results that it does: anxiety. North Korea. Mexico City. Hollywood. Las Vegas. California. Harvey. Irma. Equifax. And that’s just the past few weeks. From memory. It can be sickening.

The Apostle Paul, however, offers one antidote.

This week we discuss types 5 & 6

A key question in Professional Coaching (and the rest of life!) is, “If you’re saying Yes to this, what are you saying No to?” It’s key, because it reflects a simple reality: saying Yes to certain things necessarily means saying No to others. 

The reverse is true, too.

Some Yeses begin with Noes. For the Apostle Paul, one thing especially.

This week we discuss Enneagram types 2, 3, and 4