Each year, Woven’s leadership team reads through a book in order to challenge us in an area of our personal faith and development. Over the course of the 2024-2025 calendar year, we read through a profound resource called A Gentle Answer. I was honored to have the author, Scott Sauls, sit down for a behind the scenes interview.
He joins us from Nashville, TN, where he spends his days mentoring leaders and influencers. He has been married to his wife Patty for about 30 years. They have two adult daughters, Abby married to Jeff and Ellie married to Drew.
He and Patti are passionate about helping weary souls discover the abundant mercy of Jesus Christ. Let’s dive in with Scott sharing a little of what compelled him to write this book with the tag line “our secret weapon in an age of us against them."
IG: @scottsauls
Noteworthy Quotes:
“There’s no such thing as a fruit of the Spirit that is not born of strength.”
“Gentleness is a kind response to unkind behavior…have you ever tried to forgive somebody? What strength did that take? The strength of restraint.”
“On the one hand, Jesus gives total relief to the law when it comes to us in the burden of legalism but at the same time Jesus doesn’t lower the bar on the law, he raises it…Jesus says, there’s good news. That’s why I came.”
“If I find myself getting triggered by everything, it probably means that I’ve lost sight of how much I have been forgiven for. Our behavior always mirrors what we’re thinking and feeling and believing in our hearts.”
“The gospel has this effect when it’s working in our lives to humble us and also to lift us up at the same time.”
“Soul and character development is slow work, and a platform can be created in a day.”
“If we don’t build our lives around a character and a humility that flows from Christ now, there’s going to be a time in our lives that we wish that we did.”
Verses:
Proverbs 15:1
Jeremiah 17:9
Matthew 18:23-35
Romans 2:4
Luke 19:1-10
Romans 5:8