Radically Happy

  • TGR-S5E1: ValueStorming

    We begin Season 5 of The Great Reset by building on last week’s Retrospective as we explore the values we must share in order to Love More Like Jesus. Question: How can we develop the trust needed to co-disciple each other’s hearts to follow Jesus? Perspective: Via the practice of…

  • TGR-S4E7: Loving More Like Jesus

    This week on The Great Reset the Biastes perform a retrospective on Season 4 by attempting to agree on a Purpose, and then evaluating their recent interactions in light of that Purpose. Purpose of The Great Reset (Draft) We are a community of Jesus-lovers who Come together to learn how…

  • TGR-S4E6: FBD-1 “Empowering Disciples”

    This week on the Biastes we will be attempting a “FishBowl Dialogue” between Ernie P. and David J. This blog post is Ernie’s attempt to organize his thoughts in advance, based on his current best guess about David’s underlying Concern. Tune in next Tuesday 9/29/2020 to find out what actually…

  • A Different Kind of Mask

    Thought for the Week “We are intensely attached,” Matthew Kelly observes, “to being perceived in a positive light, even by people we don’t know and … A Different Kind of Mask

  • TGR-S4E5: FishBowl Dialogues

    This week on The Great Reset we discuss the proposal for FishBowl Dialogues (FBD), a game for cultivating constructive relational practices. Question: How can we all get better at loving everyone the way Jesus does? Perspective: By publicly playing a game where we practice, observe, and learn the relevant skills.

  • TGR-S4E4: Cross Training

    This week on The Great Reset our Biasta Janet leads the Biastes through an exercise in Christlike Relational Roleplay. Question: How do we shift the focus of the Body of Christ from “getting fed” to “getting fit” (to represent Jesus)? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PBxpiZ5AAiKbaT48gB4lOoPDRjPVpBhWpBsZ_ihF8k8/edit?usp=sharing

  • TGR-S4E3: Relational Practice

    This week on The Great Reset our Biasta Janet re-uses the “Critical Community Protocol” to help the Biastes* evaluate a proposal for training us in healthier relational practices. Question: How can we all get better at actually loving each other the way Jesus does? Perspective: Use public roleplaying to deliberately practice specific…

  • TGR-S4E2: ChatScaling

    This week on The Great Reset the Biastes* (and Biasta) try the “Critical Community Protocol” to address an urgent local problem, which might also solve an important global problem. Question: What would it take to focus the whole Body of Christ on fulfilling His Commission and Commandments, by prioritizing the…

  • TGR-S4E1: Healthy Submission

    We kick off Season 4 of The Great Reset with the Biastes* on 1pm PDT Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020 by wrestling with questions of authority and submission, prompted by a viewer’s email. Question How should members of Christ’s Body best relate to internal and external human authorities and institutions, in order to continually…

  • EggBoy (The Earliest Orphan)

    EggBoy (The Earliest Orphan)

    What I learned from her was that you can’t trust people — especially women — to care about your emotional needs.  You can perform to win their approval, and even affection, but they don’t really care about you.  

  • TGR-S3E7: Great Works in Fish Bowls

    This coming Tuesday, August 18th (1pm PDT), the Biastes (and our new Biasta Janet) reflect on Season 3 as we discuss a concrete proposal for how to practice co-discipleship in Season 4. Question: What in God’s name are we trying to do here? Perspective Bring a greater experience of Heaven…

  • TGR-S3E6: Re-Cognition of Discipleship

    We wrap up this Season’s discussion of the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network on the 1pm PST Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020 episode of The Great Reset, by attempting to practice what we have been preaching. Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you,…

  • TGR-S3E5: Practicing Relational Unity

    We pivot our discussion of the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, for the 1pm PST Tuesday, Aug 4, 2020 episode of The Great Reset, to take on the challenge of creating relational unity. Two Questions What about the Body of Christ most breaks the heart of God? What is the impossible thing…

  • TGR-S3E4: Systemic Redemption

    Continuing our discussion of the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 28, 2020 episode of The Great Reset introduces a revolutionary approach to redeeming our systems. Question: What would it take to truly overcome systemic inequity and relational brokenness? Perspective: Revolutionary systems effectively honoring Christlike humble service

  • TGR-S3E4-OLD The Internet of Teams

    Continuing our discussion of the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 28, 2020 episode of The Great Reset proposes a radical new social architecture that aligns our solutions with human need, rather than vice versa. Question What would it take for us to become more effective at curing…

  • TGR-S3E3: Networked Transformation Circles

    Building on last week’s pitch for the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 21, 2020 episode of The Great Reset proposes a new building block for the Body of Christ. Question What is the most effective and scalable context for co-constructing disciples of Jesus?

  • TGR-S3E2: Biastes Co-Discipling Network (Pitch V1)

    The Biastes continue Season 3 of The Great Reset by attempting to articulate concrete commitments we can make together to help us become better husbands and fathers, yet at the same time advance Christ’s purposes on multiple levels. “He must become greater; I must become less.” — John‬ ‭3:30 Question:…

  • The Right Holy

    What if we as Christians redefined our current understanding of “holiness” to match what God intended in Genesis, and Christ demonstrated in the gospels?

  • TGR-S3E1: Money, Sex, Power and God (Oikotics)

    This Tuesday on July 7th, 2020 we kick off Season 3 of The Great Reset by introducing oikotics, a novel discipline that unifies economics, politics, psychology & religion. Question: What is the most useful and healthy way to think about money? Perspective: Money is the most decentralized mechanism yet for…

  • TGR-S2E7: Enrollment

    This Tuesday 6/30 with the Biastes we complete our second Season of The Great Reset, on Education, by attempting to co-construct an answer to the question: What is the Most Important Thing to collectively keep getting better at doing, in order for us and the world to experience the fullness…