a weekly invitation to humility. Christians living as a cruciform community, shaped by Christ’s life and death, challenge the arrogant pride of the narcissist (1 Cor. 1:18–31). For, in many respects, the narcissistic personality is antithetical to a cruciform Christian life. Second, I’ve found that strongly confronting a narcissist, while sometimes necessary (particularly in cases where family members have been hurt or abused), is almost always counter-productive. The narcissist’s false self is powerful