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  • TGR-S5E6: Questionable Authority

    This week on The Great Reset, Ernie argues that his apparent incompetence and immaturity is actually part of a brilliant plan to demonstrate the need for more Christ-like models of authority. TED Summary In this document, Ernie: Claims the authority structures he grew up with were built around the Law…

  • TGR-S5E5: Better Next Time

    As followers of Jesus, we invite you to learn along with us every Tuesday at 1 PM on The Great Reset as we practice loving more like Jesus. Question: What should we focus on when something hurtful has happened? Perspective: Answering the question, “What do each of us need so…

  • TGR-S5E4: Abidience

    As followers of Jesus, we invite you to be transformed with us on The Great Reset (Tuesdays at 1pm) as we are led by His Word to love more like Jesus. Question: Should we be focused on obeying Jesus or abiding in Him? Perspective: That’s the wrong question. We need…

  • 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%…

  • TGR Code of Conduct

    Draft 1, 29 Oct 2020, The Great Reset John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a…

  • TGR-S5E3: Shared Selah (DBS v2)

    As followers of Jesus, we invite you to learn along with us on The Great Reset (Tuesdays 1 PM Pacific) as we are discipled by scripture to love more like Jesus. Question: How can we all get better at obeying Scripture, instead of just discussing it? Perspective: By making time…

  • TGR-S5E2: Discipled By Scripture

    This week on The Great Reset, we invite you to learn along with us as we try out a new practice of being cooperatively taught by God. Question: How do we shift from intellectually studying God’s word to humbly obeying it? Perspective: By submitting ourselves to be Discipled By Scripture…

  • 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…