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2025-08-25 SAM: One Dedicated (Son A 2/8)
Not of something to do / Rather of something / About to be done…
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Embracing Our Inner Jackass: Blockers on the Way to Christ-like Love
Picture this: a frustrated wanderer on a donkey, yelling at his own brain, surrounded by lawless mercenaries. It feels more like Shrek or some wild fable than a spiritual reflection. Yet this is the imaginative entry point into the Angel Approach Memos—specifically, the Jackass series.
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Disseminating Diaphoris: Toward a Participatory Christian Education
Folks, this Diaphoric Participation—where the student actively lives into union with Christ, not just learns about it—is an intriguing remedy for our overly Platonic schools. Thoughts?
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From Basement to Breakthrough: The Giddy Path to Christlike Leadership (Podcast)
In this episode, we trace the Giddy Path, a startlingly raw story of fear, death, surrender, and resurrection into Christlike authority. From hiding in a basement, to becoming a worm feeding only on Jesus, to leading an army through weakness and song, this is no ordinary leadership playbook. It’s a…
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hel.lo.a.thing (The Un-Reconciled Part)
Youth: You… are not wrong. This is the pit that all mortal life is designed to avoid. And [looking at them with shining eyes] I thank you for the costly sacrifices you made, to keep me — us — alive.
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2025-08-23 SAM: Who Ruled (Jackass Epilogue)
When I die / Someone else will take my place / And it won’t make any difference…
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2025-08-22 AAM: Cross the Border (Jackass 13/13)
To cross the river / Into the promised land / To share the hope and freedom / We have discovered together…
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2025-08-21 AAM: Do To Me (Jackass 12/13)
But it is too late / My Heart was already / Torn to shreds / And sacrificed / To resurrect the lawless mercenaries…
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2025-08-20 AAM:Yahweh Gave Him (Jackass 11/13)
I watch / With self-loathing / As I allow Angel / To break my Heart / Into pieces…
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A God Who Needs: The Divine Archetype Behind Shame
Lewis: Then here’s my thought: shame is what divine need feels like when there’s no guarantee it will be met.
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2025-08-19 AAM: Rushed Upon (Jackass 10/13)
Either sacrifice him / Or allow him to / Break up my heart…
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2025-08-18 AAM: Doing Me Wrong (Jackass 9/13)
I’d like to help them out / But knowing you / There’s some ugly catch / And I’m not sure I trust you / Enough to grant a permission / I might later regret…
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2025-08-17 AAM: Seized Neither (Jackass 8/13)
“Because / They see my Heart / And know that I speak / From vulnerability / And sacrifice /// Not judgment / Or distance…”
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Danksgiving: A Ceremony for Holy Saturdays
Danksgiving is the sacred practice of giving thanks in the dark— before the miracle, without the music, still in the tomb.
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2025-08-16 AAM: Quarrel With Us (Jackass 7/13)
Brain thinks / This is a terrible idea / But maybe / That is because he is jealous…
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Beyond Cathedrals: The Kingdom of God Is Like an Ecosystem
The Kingdom, as portrayed in Matthew 13, behaves less like a cathedral—centralized, curated—and more like an ecosystem: distributed, adaptive, antifragile, and oddly fecund.
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2025-08-15 AAM: The One We Want (Jackass 6/13)
I can’t even lead a Donkey / Or follow an Angel / Or trust my own Brain / To lead me…
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2025-08-14 AAM: Come Lead Us (Jackass 5/13)
Brain starts running around / Like a head with its chicken cut off / And shrieks: // “I knew this would happen!”
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Identificational Prayer: The Cross That Destroys Strongholds
I’ve learned that identificational prayer — standing in humility, identifying with those we pray for — is the most powerful prayer there is. / James says “the prayer of a righteous person has great power” (James 5:16), and in Christ, that righteousness is ours by grace, not by performance. /…
