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Tag: narrative

  • Dis-Covering Grace: The Möbius Twist of Christlike Hospitality

    Dis-Covering Grace: The Möbius Twist of Christlike Hospitality

    To encounter Christ is to lose narrative control. // Not to an omniscient narrator explaining everything from above, / but to the Incarnate Narrator who enters the story from within…

  • Mrs. Jesus: The Complete Series

    Mrs. Jesus: The Complete Series

    What if what I want most is to be the Wife of Christ, not just His Bride? What would that even mean? I don’t know if this story is _the_ answer, to that question; but it is certainly _an_ answer…

  • 2/4 Limerick: My ReScorer

    When my narrative feels all askew / My heart cries out for a rescue

  • 11/5 Poem: My Stery

    The worldly narratives 
That brought us to this place 
Are also being shaken 
To realign with grace

  • LEAD! A Transformational Small Group Bible Study

    The format I’m proposing for LEAD! is what I’m calling a “Transformational Small Group Bible Study”. This builds on my many years in InterVarsity Small Groups during eleven years of college, as well as numerous “home groups” in churches since then. The key aspects are: • Bible Study History and…

  • Requirements for Transforming Leadership

    As part of my journey to rethink leadership training, I wanted to summarize the goals and constraints of such a process. Here’s a first cut…

  • TELL: Theological Essentials for Lay Leaders

    As a counterpart (or even prequel) to my previous article about “safety skills“, I wanted to identify those theological topics essential for lay leaders to understand. In particular, I believe lay leaders need a more concise and practical “boot camp”, in contrast to the multi-year “officer’s training school” provided in…