Category: Editorial
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The Death of Agency
My Question: // How do I maintain my agency / Without giving in / To the illusion of control?
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A Reluctant Prayer for President Trump
God, I must confess that I’ve had a judging attitude towards President Trump. That I’ve judged him based on his sins — which are many — but so are mine. And I like to think that his sins are worse than mine; and that is perhaps the worst sin of…
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#ReviveMeFirst: Fasting and Prayer for July 4th
So I invite you to join me in fasting and praying over the next four days leading up to July 4th, that God would bring revival to America. One heart at a time. Starting with mine…
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When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus
Psychologist: Is there a way to let go of the guilt, the shame and the blame that will inevitably remain? / Jesus still smiles with His mouth, but His eyes are sad. “Yes, my child. It is called the cross.”
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May 17, 2024 – Is Revival Coming to San Jose? (“Dwell Time” with Jesus)
It was such a profound experience I’ve been struggling with how to describe it. Even though there was plenty of prayer and worship, it didn’t feel like a typical “prayer meeting” or “worship night.” To me, it felt like a “date night with Jesus,” where it was more about being…
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MIC Check: Immanuel Approach Memo
As we head into Lent 2024 — in the midst of new wars, political division, and broken families and lives — I am feeling God’s urgency to be more strategic in my daily devotionals.
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Anthem: Follow The Way Of Christ (Becoming “Foot-Washers”)
To be a “Christian” / Has become a crutch / Though I still love / That old word so much
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The Lie I Protect
There is a Thing I must repent of / Which my heart soul and mind / Conspire to hide from my spirit
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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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Connecting Others With Jesus – Day 3 Reflections
What about connecting with Jesus do you find: My excitement and apprehension is probably the same: getting out of our left brains!
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Connect Others With Jesus Challenge – Day 1 Homework
Healing doesn’t come from going after trauma… it comes from connecting with the Healer, Jesus. What part of Cathy and/or Melinda’s story: a) feels familiar to you b) SOUNDS familiar from those you help
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Connect Others With Jesus Challenge – Day 1 Homework
Runs Oct 2-6 (two days left to sign up!) What part of Cathy and/or Melinda’s story: a) feels familiar to you I also grew up in a conservative Christian family.The ‘bad theology’ I implicitly received was the idea of God as a “hard taskmaster.”He kept making me jump through ever-more-difficult…
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9/21 Epic Poem: Radically Happy
And so far from just being cruel / God used my pain as a tool / To force me to dig deep inside / And find out I’m loved as His Bride
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Serenity Prayer (Full Version)
Thanks to my man Mitch for posting this. The unabridged edition beautifully captures what God has been trying to teach me all week… There’s a reason the great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous “Serenity Prayer” is one of the most memorized and recited passages in the world. … Got Serenity?
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7/23 Limerick: Mercy Haver
If I’m to be more than cadaver / I must become a Mercy Haver / Mark 10:46-48
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Revival Vs Church: Reflecting on “Avengers Christmas”
So what becomes of the church? It will focus on two things: 1. Corporate acts of mercy (represented by Santa) 2. Celebrating heroic expressions of Jesus (represented by the Avengers — and Santa)
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1/15 Limerick: Agency from Powerlessness
Yet paradoxically, that very grasping for power destroys the authentic relationships necesary to truly live.
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Repost: God Anointed You (Pure Glory)
The Spirit of the Lord has anointed “You,” to bring good news to the poor, to comfort the brokenhearted, to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent “You,” to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and…
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2023 Prabhakar/John Declarations
Together with the Spirit of the Lord, we declare 2023 the year of the Lord’s favor for our family.
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