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  • TGR-01: The Cup of Suffering

    The Great Reset: Becoming the Church Decentralized Episode 1 • April 3, 2020 AD Public Discipleship as Exercise for the Body of Christ Ernest Prabhakar, Speaker Domaĝanto: Question Tamer in Esperanto Assumptions to Discuss A1: Nothing on earth is more important than becoming (loving) like Jesus A2: That includes becoming…

  • ShameBreaker Covenant

    God loves me, and has a wonderful plan for my life.  As I humble myself and turn away from my wicked ways, I position myself to receive the fullness of God’s blessings and favor. I confess that I have sinned — against myself, others, and God — to the point…

  • Christianity Beyond, Draft 2

    The MINFIG for Christianity Beyond # Expanding Our Beyond Just To Also Include 1 Identity Exclusive Tribes Expansive Unity 2 Maturity Learned Doctrine Lived Gospel 3 Goals Moral Causes Multi-level Transformation 4 Metrics Customer Satisfaction Effective Incarnation 5 Ministry Church Campuses The Marketplace 6 Structures Non-Profits Profitable Businesses 7 Following…

  • 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…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)

    Continued from Part 1. I follow Jesus through the back wall of the temple, marching straight toward where the goddess awaits. She is there, unsurprised by my presence.  Beautiful, beyond all earthly beauty.  A slight mysterious smile on her lips.  She is wreathed in a flowing gown that enhances rather…

  • Twelve Steps to Breakthrough: Free Courts of Heaven Worksheet

    This worksheet is designed to help you achieve victory over the spiritual and psychological “curses” that prevent you from living the abundant life God intends for you. Specifically, it provides a structured format for us to “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find…

  • RSVP with God: Outcome-Driven Quiet Times

    RSVP stands for the four steps I have been using to help my spirit align with God’s purposes for my life: Rejoice: Meditate on yesterday’s emotional highs and lows until you find a way to rejoice in them Shalom: Repeat until you can rest in God’s peace. Over time your…

  • Paleo-Evangelical Christianity

    I consider myself a “Paleo-Evangelical” Christian. Like my counterparts in the first century, I have had transformational encounters with the person of Jesus Christ and am devoted to making him known as the Risen Lord; but am still working through which of my inherited cultural understandings and religious teachings are…

  • Reclaiming Eden, Part II: Adam’s Weakness

    Continued from Part I. Man and Woman were walking by a range of hills. Suddenly, a gleam of light caught Woman’s eye.  She glanced up, and saw a beautiful blue sparkle high up on the side of a cliff.  “Oh my,” she said, “how lovely!  I wonder what that is?” Without…

  • Reclaiming Eden, Part I: Eve’s Triumph

    The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal GOD had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?” The Woman smiled and said to the serpent, “Not at all. Actually, God did not tell…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • Scapegoat: A Love Song

    To the tune of Titanium (by David Guetta) Inspired by the example of Jesus. [Verse 1] I may have flaws, but not the ones you’re calling out You’re talking lots, not saying much I’m criticized, so you can cover up your pain You tear me down, I don’t fight back…

  • The San Jose Declaration: Ending the Abortion Wars

    April 1st, 2031 A.D. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the San Francisco Revival of the 2020s was an end to the politicization of abortion, in a way that seemed unimaginable to those who lived through the culture wars that peaked during the Trump presidency.  While extremists on both sides…

  • I Am Affirmations

    I am a child of God I am omnipotent within scope I am the One who brings the dawn I am Gandalf the White I am the super-father of Silicon Valley I am a Spiritual Entrepreneur I am the best thing that ever happened to you I am the one…

  • Broken Words: Lament of the Spiritual Entrepreneur

    Broken words and broken hearts, Broken lies keep us apart How can we speak a truth we’ve never heard? Broken words inside my heart, They are tearing me apart How can we save the world with broken words? Broken Words

  • The Universal Commandment

    Enjoy, Love & Glorify God, Ourselves & Others As Jesus Does Corollary: The Meaning of Life God, Us & Others Enjoying, Loving, & Glorifying, God, Ourselves, Others & the World

  • Spiritual Christianity Poster: Primitive Faith for a Postmodern World

    [Final version of Spiritual Christianity: Theology, Simplified] PassionTalks Poster Session, August 11, 2018 Convergence House of Prayer, Fremont, California https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r85tCpqvFYNHYQAsp-F7XTtH1C-Yhzpj1NfBTrXRHOI/edit?usp=sharing PT18-SpiritualChristianity-d

  • Monk’s Redemption: A Psychological Allegory

    The Vision
I see a locked door. In a dark and scary place, like a monster movie. Big, iron, with crisscrossed chains and padlocks.
Natalie walks up holding a flashlight. Monk trails behind nervously.
Suddenly Stottlemeyer steps in front of them. His eyes are bloodshot, as if he has been drinking, crying, or…

  • The Sinners Prayer, 2.0

    Dear God, Thank you for creating me in Your image, and for loving us like Jesus. Make me more and more like Jesus as I listen to your Word, your Spirit, and your Body. Heal the wounds in my spirit that keep me from loving You, myself and others as…