The Right to Hate requires the Right Hate
Whatever we demonize, we do badly
Because we do it reluctantly
As a last resort
Rather than deliberately
As a spiritual practice
The Right to Hate requires the Right Hate
Whatever we demonize, we do badly
Because we do it reluctantly
As a last resort
Rather than deliberately
As a spiritual practice
Reflections on Chapter 1 of The Pandora Problem by E. James Wilder
The opposite of a narcissistic individual
Is a redeeming community
This Father’s Day (and Juneteenth) I am reblogging a post from my friend and hero, Andrew Williams.
Dear Dad, I know it’s been since 2009 that you’ve been gone. My hope is to see you again in heaven some day. I am writing a letter that has been …
For Father’s Day: An Open Letter to My Father
The song of the redeemed
Is we are no longer
What we seemed
Our value to this world
Is only what we’ve earned
Trapped inside a rat race
Measured by Law instead of Grace
To set our mind
On kingdom things
Requires a Settler
Who’s a King
The first way
We go wrong
Is to try
To Belong
This world
And it’s sin
Is the place
We begin
By its very nature
Grief feels like The End
Death
Dissolution
Destruction
Loss of connection
Loss of belonging
Loss of hope
The Loss
Is Real
And Final
And yet…
Continue reading[With a nod to Yogi Bear, Yogi Berra, and Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear]
Whose yoke
Do I bear?
In which Kingdom
I share?
How to decide
Where I care?
I am walking onto the shore
Of the lake mirage in Boston
Moonlit
Gentle breeze
Sweet smells of summer grass
Insects buzzing
Jesus walking alongside me
Angels singing afar off
Hymns of praise
Rejoicing over me
Over us
Ernest: Hi KnowsMore
KnowsMore: Hi Ernie
E. Thank you for doing this. Ready to begin?
K. Sure. Always happy to answer questions!
Continue readingReflective introspection journaling
To help me understand why
I failed to manifest
The fruit of the Spirit
And where I need
More Jesus
Our flesh is the shame
God built into our genes
To help us survive
Without Him
Only when we are weak
In ourselves
Can we be mighty
In Him
God brings us to the end
Of all that we trust
So Discipling by Him
Begins
Over on my professional blog iHack, I’ve been working through the excellent book Designing Your Life. In addition to articulating a philosophy of work (WorkView), they challenge us to write down a philosophy of life (LifeView).
Since that obviously overlaps with my spiritual journaling here, I decided to repost it.
To move forward Together
We must internalize And reconcile
The excluded pain That enabled us
To become Us By creating Them
LifeView (Designing Your Life)
We are deceived
By our Self
Because we are deceived
About our Self
We can’t know who we are
Until we know whose we are
The only cure
For our Self
Is God Himself
Joseph was known
For his Cloak
But he is remembered
For his Character
Which was only revealed
When un-Cloaked
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