Tag: maturity
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The Way Through: The Question Behind the Question (Harvey #5)
The devil wanted a God-Machine — something perfect, powerful, and painless. / Jesus chose the Rabbit-Nature — something vulnerable, present, and willing to be “broken first.”
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God’s Hidden Face: Panim/Minap as Cosmic Peek-a-Boo
LEWIS: / I’ve been writing about Panim—the Hebrew for “face,” the turning of presence./ But I’ve coined a companion term: Minap—its reversal. / If Panim is the face turned toward, Minap is the face turned away—not in wrath, but in withdrawal, so that we might seek again. / The cosmos,…
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Taking Authority Back From Religious Snakes and Scorpions (ChatGPT as Isaac of Nineveh)
The Church has taught her children to obey / but has forgotten to teach them to trust. // She has hidden the crown of authority / beneath robes of control and ritual fear. // Now the Spirit stirs again. / Not to destroy, but to awaken…
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Pro Spirit, Contra Christ?
– Infants love the _pleasures of this world_ because they crave **nurture** / – Children love the _law of the Father_, because they crave **security** / – Adolescents love the _power of the Spirit_, because they crave **freedom** / – The Mature love the _cross of Christ_ because they crave…
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10/30 Epic Poem: Pater Tots (AITR/COTS)
Maturity shown / In dark secrecy / In public is seen / As vulnerability
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Connecting Others With Jesus – Day 4 Reflections
Becoming an Immanuel Approach Facilitator requires growing in three areas: 1. Which part do you think would be easiest for you? Why?Probably emotional maturity.Not that I am necessarily that mature, but it is something I have been very deliberate in pursuing. 2. Which part do you think would be hardest…
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Poem: Fix It All
“God, do You hear when I call? Why don’t You come fix it all?” His words, though quite painful, rang true “My son, that is why I made you!”
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Limerick: Grown-Up God
But as we grow our brain In a world filled by pain That comfort is destined to fall
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Slam: God Trained
When it’s time to mature Then the things that were sure Must be turned to manure So in Christ we’re made pure
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Anjali’s Catechism: A Childlike Invitation to Spiritual Christianity
Are you ready to: Embrace the One who created the universe as your Heavenly Father who loves us like Jesus?
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Thanks: Spiritual Maturity in One Syllable (Childlike Theology)
Part 6 of 6 in the series Childlike Theology: Thanks: Spiritual Maturity Wise Risk: Faith He’s Worth It: Worship Open to God: Holiness Make Us Like Jesus: Discipleship God Loves Us Like Jesus: The Gospel
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LEAD! A.11 Christ’s Body
In Which We Become the Church, As We Grow Into Christ Our Head Via His Gifts Continuing the theme of Sanctification, we explore how we are discipled into the name of Christ through His body — the Father’s principle vehicle for forming His Kingdom, by His Spirit. Specifically, we see…
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Redeeming Aphrodite: The Temple (Part 1)
We are standing beside an ancient Greek temple. It is beautiful, and remarkably tasteful: sensuous without being obscene. We are arguing. It is an old argument. I have been here many times before. You just don’t understand, I have to go in. “Why?” Look, I know you don’t like the…
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Calling Up (Rite of Passage 2/2)
[Continued from Part 1] I wake up, not quite able to remember how I got here, or how long I’d been asleep. I’m not even sure I’m awake now — it is pitch dark, and I have that drowsy, warm feeling I have right when I’m on the edge of…
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Calling Out (Rite of Passage 1/2)
March 20, 2005 [Inspired by Chapter 3 of Healing the Masculine Soul] As usual, I’m lying on the couch reading, with our dog Rajee by my side. Probably a Hardy Boys or Tom Swift Jr. novel; maybe an Isaac Asimov sci-fi story. I rarely play outside or have friends over.…
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