How to get from "why me?" to "why not me?"

Justin Taylor posts a powerful excerpt from one of David Powlison's writings on suffering.

How to disagree in church

Alan Knox has a good post entitled Disagreements without Separation.

The first of seven points is this:

Start with our agreement, primarily in the person and work of Jesus Christ, in our common relationship to God and to one another. When we start with our agreement we can recognize that most of our disagreements are insignificant compared to the greatness and immensity of our agreements.