Radically Happy

  • The Quantum of Solace

    Each pain and frustration Whatever the cause Only serves as a trigger To let You heal MY flaws

  • Precondition for Revival

    Precondition for Revival

    As long as we think 
we are victims to be rescued 
or saints to be vindicated 
or children to be protected 
The Cross holds no answers

  • Dream: Adulting

    Dream: Adulting

    She has an unusually long thin nose. 
She answers brightly: Oh, I am just so happy to be here and to become an adult.

  • Redeeming Ares, Part 5: Ultimate Sacrifice

    Redeeming Ares, Part 5: Ultimate Sacrifice

    We were created to serve the One. But for reasons beyond understanding, He gave this world into your care. We have done the best we can, but it is hardly our fault our masters were so shortsighted and blind.

  • Redeeming Ares, Part 4: Chiron Feeding

    Redeeming Ares, Part 4: Chiron Feeding

    “Fine!” My twelve-year-old self snaps back. “I didn’t want to get schooled by you anyway, you mangy old horse-man. I’ll just sit here and eat the lunch Hestia gave me, until the bus comes to take me back.”

  • Regenerative Grace

    The Law is great for scaling A fundamental insight But is inherently static and preserving Not generative. To avoid breakdown Is also to resist breakthrough

  • RE: Gifted

    The Challenge 
is the Wrapping 
is Suffering

  • In His Shape

    Today I will allow God To mold me into His image

  • TC-1d2: Defining Discipleship

    Making Disciples of Jesus 
is about spreading His Kingdom 
by manifesting the Fruit of the Spirit 
for others to enjoy 
via the deliberate practice of submitting every thought, emotion, and reaction 
to Christ

  • What Discipleship Is (and Isn’t)

    It is about submitting every thought — and emotion! — to Christ, so we more consistently manifest the Fruit of the Spirit.

  • Dream: Church Sync

    What happened when a black church started meeting inside a white church… Suddenly I see small intense knot of men in a corner. Someone, probably a young black man, is pouring out the pain and anger in his heart. Not bitterly. But passionately. The crowd of men, of all races…

  • Grievable Wounds

    The world 
And other people 
Deal us grievous wounds

  • Unearthly Power

    We are so easily infatuated 
And subtly captivated 
By the powers of this world 
The mimetic desires 
At the heart of our communities 
Even Christian ones

  • Adoption Curve

    Our adoption as Sons of God Is a process Of learning And letting go

  • Holy Hunger

    There are many ways 
To Hunger for God 
All of them good 
Most of them tainted

  • The Unspeakable

    We cannot say 
What God is 
Only THAT He is

  • Grievable Losses: The Beatitudes, Summarized

    Blessed are those 
Who grieve the loss 
Of the historic context 
That made them feel secure

  • GraceWorks Expo

    The universe is a display Of God’s redeeming glory

  • See The World

    To see 
The world 
Through Another’s 
Eyes 
Is Love 
Is Empathy 
Is Essential 
Is Impossible

  • Redeeming Ares, Part 3: Un-Hasty Hestia

    Redeeming Ares, Part 3: Un-Hasty Hestia

    I am bustled in by a grandmotherly lady. 
I can’t tell whether she is an Italian, Jewish, or Indian mother. 
Then I realize she is probably the prototype for all of them… H. Have a seat! Drink some tea. Take your coat off. No, don’t worry about your shoes. Tsch,…