Sometimes all it takes to better understand the people around us is simply to take a peek into our personality. The more we learn about our own personalities and gifts, the more we understand about how we interact with others–and how they react to us. Join us as we explore how the study of personality can give us more grace in our relationships!
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read I’m the eldest of a family of girls and perhaps it’s not surprising that I identify with Meg March and Jane Bennet more than Jo and Lizzie. Of course there’s nothing wrong with being a Jane-and-Meg kind of girl. It’s just that a lot of big sisters identify more with Meg and Jane in a…
Elisa Pulliam 5 Minute Read The way we are wired determines how we will hear, process, and respond, especially as we communicate with others
We can’t help it. Our personality influences how we react to situations and interact with others. My girls may be from the same family, with similar genetic make-up and certainly comparable life experiences, but when it comes to how they think, talk, listen, work, love, and serve they are nearly opposites. My guess is that you know exactly what I am talking about and have experienced personality conflicts — or let’s say challenges — with your loved ones, too.
Guest Author 4 Minute Read Despite living in the same family, we all grow up in totally different environments — a.k.a our birth orders.
At first, birth order might not seem like it makes a huge difference in our personality, but think of where you land in the family unit.
Are you firstborn? Middle? Lastborn? Only?
How did you react to situations based on having older or younger siblings, or none at all?
Jeannie Pederson 3 Minute Read It’s so much easier for me to get along with people who have similar personalities to mine. We may not always agree on everything, but at least we tend to operate the same way. We prioritize the same kinds of things. We are frustrated by similar things. It’s no surprise that my closest friends and…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read By the fourth time we read The Treasure Tree: Helping Kids Understand Their Personality, a children’s book by Gary Smalley and John Trent, our kids’ personalities were evident in their reactions as we read. There was no need for the test at the end! The Treasure Tree is the story of four friends who are given a special…
Caroline Rose Sanders 6 Minute Read I get my energy from spending great amounts of time alone. However, I do not think that’s how people see me. When I am with people I am comfortable with I can very extroverted. And because I am a pastor’s wife I have had to learn how to more extroverted than I even want to be.
Kindred Grace Team 7 Minute Read by Simply Darlene God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all the animals of the sea and the birds of the air and the critters of dry land, is also the One who made man. And in making us, He created us in His image (Genesis 1:27); but, He also swiped both…
Guest Author 4 Minute Read My husband, Jon, and I have been married for four years.
We’ve spent over two of those years in counseling. We have what we lovingly refer to as a high maintenance marriage. We didn’t really have the honeymoon period that people talk about. We got married and hit the ground running. Two very different, very strong-willed people, thrust into a brand new situation with a lot of baggage. It’s a recipe for disaster, really.
Guest Author 4 Minute Read For years, I buried my gift. Like the man in Matthew 25, I took what God had given me and hid it out of fear. Admitting this feels a bit shameful, because I have seen the fruit of spending the gift in Jesus’ name. I’ve gathered up words and prayed and shipped them out into the world expectant and hopeful that God can, and would use them as He found worthy so to do. But it wasn’t always this way.
Katie 4 Minute Read Looking around the room, I desperately tried to quell the panic rising up in my throat. There were piles everywhere! I felt so overwhelmed. The truth that had been nudging me for a few days, now pierced through my brain fog with a question, “Katie, how would you tell your interns to view this situation?”…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read Curious about what your child’s love language might be? Take them on a trip to Mr. Chapman’s “Perfect Pet Pal Emporium” by reading A Perfect Pet for Peyton. The story takes twins Penny and Peyton, along with three of their friends, on a birthday adventure to a very special pet store, where Mr. Chapman (aka…
Shannon Coe 4 Minute Read I don’t know if my family is not able to be bilingual or just won’t. It’s not like I’m asking them to know all five of my love languages. Just two. I’d even compromise if they could be fluent in one. I don’t need a lot. In truth, I may confuse them slightly when I…
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