I am at another startup
We have just gotten a new interim CEO
Everyone is skeptical
Especially the Engineers
Because the CEO
is actually the (former?) mayor
Of a nearby town
(Small but with a large population)
Everyone is expecting him
To be a slick extrovert
With no substance
Or Intellectual depth
When we are in pain, we shrink.
We pull away from other people
Or our connections become
One-way tunnels
Focused on our needs
Or a misguided attempt to control them.
MIT is being renovated.
I am leading a tour group.
Like I used to do.
We come from the East.
The standalone buildings on that side
Are most functional.
But the large complex in the heart of campus
The Infinite Corridor
Is completely surrounded in yellow tape.
In fact
The large buildings in the center
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This Tuesday, August 17th we finish our summer 2021 Peer Reflective Wisdom Practice series meditating on emotional security via Psalm 139, incorporating elements of DBJ AGONY Edition.
Continue reading[A prophetic word from my cousin, an American citizen who leads a team of missionaries in India. — Ernie P.]
Attached are some of the thoughts God has given for the States. Usually, the word of knowledge comes in part and sharing it at the right place brings greater clarity. I felt the Lord wanted me to type all that He has to say this morning.
Continue readingI am in a cavernous store, the size of COSTCO.
It is basically a tourist trap.
Actually part of a series.
In a resort.
In the mountains.
This one is a candy store.
Each day they take us to a different one.
I wasn’t interested so I wandered off.
Overcoming enmity, by going the extra mile, in order to grow us all closer to Jesus.
See also:
Continue readingWhen there is nothing constructive left
To learn, think through, or repent
I must do the work of an intercessor
And trust God for what happens next
Meditations from my cousin, John Dayalan Edward.
It’s in moments of great weakness we discover His strength as we are turned towards Him
And it is moments of brokenness that brings out the best of fragrance from us, as we are at His feet.
It is a hot day.
I leave my dog in the car.
This Tuesday, July 27th we reprise our Peer Reflective Wisdom Practice by meditating on justice and injustice via Psalm73.
Continue readingSupplemental verses for Moses Overcoming God’s Anger
Continue readingMy friend and I are hard-luck kids
In Sunday School
He’s dying of cancer.
The teachers try to take an offering
Of the bright yellow candy we both like
But rarely get
The fear of God should “pressure” me
To prioritize treating my family
With the fruits of the spirit
Even over accomplishing
What I thought He told me to do.
There is a story within the story
One story is a fairy tale.
Sort of like Beauty and the Beast.
At 2-4pm on Sunday, July 18th we will ask Jesus to disciple us through one of the most confusing and disturbing passages in all of Scripture, at least to me: Exodus 32, where Moses apparently talks God out of destroying His people.
This Wednesday (June 30, 2021) I invite you to join me in encountering God’s wisdom in Ecclesiastes 3, as part of the Bay Area Summer Peer Mentoring group for the Octet Collaborative.
Continue readingWe are passengers on a lost flight
Or maybe we knew someone who was
Or maybe we are just pretending. Continue reading
SixSeconds EQ is named for the fact that the initial emotional response to an external trigger only lasts about six seconds.
I have noticed that certain triggers activate a self-perpetuating “grievance circuit” in my mind. This keeps a narrative justifying my resentment circulating in my mind; because I don’t know the appropriate action needed to resolve that trigger — and my psyche considers it too important to ignore!
This is vital information; but also a huge waste of resources. I must confess I don’t yet have a practice for reliably addressing this kind of problem, but here are some questions that might help:
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