Category: Leadership
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Diarogue 1/7: Rogue, War
“I may be vicious and cruel, but I am not a savage. I know my place. I don’t expect gratitude, or even success. All I ask is the chance to expend my energy against an enemy that will push me to my utmost limits. Whether I live or die is…
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Maxistry (vs Ministry)
Maybe The end of our rope Is only the beginning Of our true discipleship
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Christos Nika
I could use More role models Of what it looks like To conquer Like Christ
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Citizens of Better
We must be members First Of the heavenly community Only in the Trinity Can we truly find Identity and Values Security and Peace
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Dream: Threeway Trash Thrash
He never wanted this job But now he seems to be clinging to power It doesn’t make any sense So I really have three assignments: 1. On the surface, I am there to help him 2. My bosses primarily just want to know what the heck is going on 3.…
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Behold the Man
John 19:5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” Pilate wanted us to behold JesusPerhaps hoping he could free Jesus Or free himselfOf the responsibilityOf seeing moreThan he wanted Than he could handleThan he was free to…
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A Call for Sonship in the Body of Christ
Historically, the Body of Christ has relied on three interdependent roles:• Infants, who receive what they are taught• Mystics, who seek their own truth• Paternalists, who create the context for Infants Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in…
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TC-1d2: Defining Discipleship
Making Disciples of Jesus is about spreading His Kingdom by manifesting the Fruit of the Spirit for others to enjoy via the deliberate practice of submitting every thought, emotion, and reaction to Christ
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Dream: Leadership Train. Ing.
I am on a people-mover Like a train of roller-coaster cars But we are stopped on level ground At least for a moment Each car represents a different level of leadership I am in the third or fourth Perhaps moving from third to fourth
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Dream: The Agony of Hope
“We have forgotten — or perhaps never really understood — what it means to trust that God is in control. Politics matters. But we have forgotten that good political leaders were supposed to be our gift to the world. Now we think they are something the world has to give us, so we…
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My Quest: Incarnating SOC-Awareness
aka The Practice of ImPresenceor How to Escape Enframing The (hopeful) resolution of lessons learned during my years spent in the Valley of Achor.
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TRG-S6E2d3: Teach Each Other
Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 8 1PM PST) as we strive to discover how imperfect people can help each other Love More Like Jesus. Question: How can the Body of Christ come together to heal relationships, when the authority structures we…
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Are Christians better at making atheists than disciples?
TGR Friends, we have discussed how the Christian Church is often the worse example of demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ. This article is an opinion piece that echoes that sentiment and offers some interesting insight to why Christians may be making more atheists than disciples.
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The Post-COVID Church
Right now, most churches devote at least six-sevenths of their budget, staff, and attention to what happens on Sundays, and at most one-seventh to helping the congregation follow Jesus the other six days. Can you imagine what we might accomplish if we flipped that on its head, and invested 85%…
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Christianity Beyond, Draft 1
Bringing Heaven to Earth. One Cross at a Time. [Update: see my background thinking in Draft 2] Christianity Beyond is a movement of ordinary people who are learning how to make the same kind of extraordinary impact as the Jesus they love. We honor all the ways people have sought…
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The Rule of Ernest the Sinner
Spirituality for the Complexity of Adam Hat tip to St. Benedict The Three Imperatives Glorify God Make the Cross attractive by loving God, our Selves, and our Others as Jesus does Cultivate self-differentiating Relationships, Metrics, and Practices that help us further the First Imperative Write up your own Rule
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AORTA Adolescence: The Perpetual Practice of Growing into Christ
It may be too late to have a happy childhood, but it is never too late to have a turbulent adolescence! We as a society have lost sight of what it means to grow up. And that’s a good thing! The gift (and curse) of the Enlightenment is that each…
Radically Happy 