Living in spiritual community requires us to bear the weakness and oddities, the conflicts and collisions, and the friction and frustration that make up our relationships. We can love one another well by offering what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called the "ministry of bearing." Would you take a few moments to consider: Who is God inviting you to bear with? And who is graciously bearing with you? (fb)

How do we lovingly bear with one another and suffer alongside others in spiritual community? This episode of The Discerning Leader podcast tackles some of the hard realities we all face when we stay in one place long enough. What does it look like to move beyond tolerating and enduring to loving and serving those we find irritating, challenging, and hard-to-love? How can we humbly walk alongside one another in an empathetic, compassionate and gracious manner? This conversation offers helpful tools and wisdom around what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called “The Ministry of Bearing.” (fb)