Talking 70x7
Clips from the 70x7 Compass Event + "Peacemaking Jesus's Way" event with Pastor Jamie White + a new "Peacemakers Needed" video with Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Thanks to all the people that turned out for the Seventy Times Seven book event at the Compass on Saturday. I had a very engaged conversation, with Patrick Mason and the audience, about the book and want to share a few video clips from the event.
The first clip tells the story about how the book “downloaded” on a run and what the key insight, from a verse in Luke where Jesus is quoting Isaiah that got me started writing 70x7
The second clip talks about why the book is entitled 70x7 and why the Sermon on the Mount is so hard for all of us …
The final clip talks about our natural tendency to be a conflict avoider and how Jesus invites us to step into conflict. By the way, if you don’t know your conflict style, you can take a conflict styles test here!
Peacemaking Jesus’s Way
Speaking of cool events, I’m very excited to announce that Pastor Jamie White of the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City has invited me to come and have a conversation with her and her congregation entitled “Peacemaking Jesus’s Way” on Sunday, May 18th at 6 pm at the First Presbyterian Church.
All are welcome and I promise that we will have an engaging “interfaith” discussion with lots of space for discussion with the crowd.
I think this is going to be a very special event and hope you will consider coming.
New Where Peace Begins Film
Finally, our Where Peace Begins, film series continues this week …
As a therapist and relationship expert, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife has long taught that love and truth come together. In an essay called “Facing Truth”, Jennifer writes:
“Our capacity for intimacy, to know and be known, is highly linked to our willingness to honestly confront who we are, and who we are not yet. Facing this head on takes tremendous courage, but in my experience, these are the people who live more peacefully in their relationships.”
In this video, “Truth in Conflict”—we hear from Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about how she and her sister healed their relationship after years of emotional distance. The distance was sustained for years by partial truths they were hanging on to; both of them could see ways the other person was in the wrong, or was being unfair. While they weren’t technically incorrect, it is only when they moved towards acknowledging the other person’s perspective—the truth they had been avoiding—that the possibility for genuine trust and closeness returned.
Review 70x7
Finally, if you’ve had a chance to read Seventy Times Seven, I have a favor to ask of you. Could you take a few minutes and leave a review of the book either at Amazon, Deseret Book or at Goodreads?
Reviews help other readers know whether to buy the book or not. The more, the better.
Here are links to leave reviews at all three places:
Will 7 x 70 be on audible?