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Sometimes trust takes time. We all love to be in control, but when you start to give some of that up, it's freeing. Start with some of the little things. Give those things up to the Lord.

The most important step in entering a new culture is to build trust. Only when people trust us will they listen to what we have to say.

It was impossible for me (Doug) to become Mark’s friend. He always avoided eye contact with me though I would smile and say hi as I passed him in the dorm. I had no idea what was going on in his heart...

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

What I’ve found through research is that trust is built in very small moments, which I call “sliding door” moments, after the movie Sliding Doors. In any interaction, there is a possibility of connect...

Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swedish economist and diplomat deeply committed to his Christian faith, served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations during some of the most turbulent times of the Cold Wa...

The vision that Jesus gives us is this: That I am unconditionally loved, that I belong to God, and that I am a person who can really trust that. When I meet another person who also is rooted in the he...

There are there a few books that I come across now that I’m officially “retired” from the pastorate that I sincerely wish I had been able to read, digest and act on as a young pastor. David Brook’s la...

Called to Pastor, Inclined to Argue When I was graduating from college in the mid-2000s, I was encouraged to take a career test to determine where my personality type would fit in the working world. ...

Imagine, if you will, that you work for a company whose president found it necessary to travel out of the country and spend an extended period of time abroad. So he says to you and the other trusted e...

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

The most important step in entering a new culture is to build trust. Only when people trust us will they listen to what we have to say.

Trust is absolutely essential in all we do-trust in marriage, between friends, at work, in public life… Without trust we are doomed to chaos and confusion because nothing can work.

Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

Each betrayal begins with trust.

We were created to communicate, to speak truth fully to one another, so that we might be members of one another. To be members of one another means we must learn to trust one another. Trust, like trut...

Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.

The beauty of trust is that it erases worry and frees you to get on with other matters. Trust means confidence.

Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Trust we put in GOD honors him much, and draws down great graces.

A great building will never stand if you neglect the small bricks.

A monk told his monastic leader, Poeman, “I am troubled in spirit, and I want to leave this place.” The old man said, “Why?” He said, “I have heard unedifying stories about one of the brothers. The...

The primary factor that determines the pattern a child will land on is trust. Trust is born and nurtured in the infant through the consistent and reliable care of the primary caregivers. Trust is the ...

People...think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross...You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clea...