Category: Editorial
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Becoming the Greatest Fool: The Glorious Folly of Kenotic Wisdom
I want to become the greatest fool of the 21st century — perhaps even of the third millennium.
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Held In Scripture: A Guide to Self-Hosting Ignatian Spirituality
It begins inside Scripture. / The story exists before you arrive. / Christ is already present. / The prayer is already happening. / You are invited to enter…
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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.
Radically Happy 