Radically Happy

  • Dream: Mafia Don

    Dream: Mafia Don

    The don helps us out. Protects us from the other guy. I think he’s my friend. And maybe he really is fond of me. But then I catch a glimpse Of what happens When he feels threatened…

  • Behold the Man

    John 19:5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” Pilate wanted us to behold JesusPerhaps hoping he could free Jesus Or free himselfOf the responsibilityOf seeing moreThan he wanted Than he could handleThan he was free to…

  • Three Dimensions of Christian Identity

    Position: We are already completely accepted as the Father’s beloved children Process: We are still becoming redemptive co-heirs with Jesus Perception: We develop this identity in (not from) community as we practice reconciliation by hearing and obeying the Spirt

  • Grace Conductor

    Lord, make me the Third Rail of grace Purify me So that your love and faithfulness Flows dangerously through me

  • A Call for Sonship in the Body of Christ

    Historically, the Body of Christ has relied on three interdependent roles:• Infants, who receive what they are taught• Mystics, who seek their own truth• Paternalists, who create the context for Infants Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in…

  • 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