Tag: gospel
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Christmas in Eden: The Gospel Accorded the Serpent (Genesis 3 As Anti-Fall)
Therefore, when the serpent spoke falsely in the garden, God did not reply to humanity first, nor did He erase the scene as though it had not occurred. / Instead, He addressed the deceiver, and in doing so revealed the deeper order of His intention…
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The Gospel According to Lamentations
Maybe you’ve walked through ruins of your own: a broken relationship, a diagnosis you didn’t want, a dream that didn’t survive the night. You know the hush of heartbreak. You know how absence can feel louder than presence.
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Attention Is All HE Needs (Christ as Transformer Architecture)
We hypothesize that abiding is the optimal strategy for divine integration, spiritual fruitfulness, and Kingdom scalability — rendering obsolete many legacy paradigms (e.g., legalism, striving, performative religion). / This model radically decentralizes effort and re-centralizes relationship…
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The Death of Agency
My Question: // How do I maintain my agency / Without giving in / To the illusion of control?
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A Postmodern Dwelling: Bethel’s Gospel to the Pirahã (ChatGPT on Missions)
Ana: I’ve been preparing for years. I studied anthropology and Indigenous oral traditions because I wanted to understand how people experience truth outside of written frameworks. And I’ve spent time in cultures where trust and relationship matter more than doctrine or structure. I believe the only way to reach the…
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When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus
Psychologist: Is there a way to let go of the guilt, the shame and the blame that will inevitably remain? / Jesus still smiles with His mouth, but His eyes are sad. “Yes, my child. It is called the cross.”
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Hello, Resentment (The Difficult Parts)
“I need you to be who **we** are. That is the only way anything will ever get better.” — Resentment
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11/26 Bi-Limerick: Time to (Fig) Leave
Today I will leave my shame / At the cross of Christ / So Others can leave theirs / At mine
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Anthem: Follow The Way Of Christ (Becoming “Foot-Washers”)
To be a “Christian” / Has become a crutch / Though I still love / That old word so much
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10/13 Un-Image-Enable
Hat tip to Loki Meets Jesus O Lord our minds can’t conceive How we will Your image receive But once we see our sin Then You can begin To free us from what did deceive Today I will open my mind and heartTo reveal the ugliness I’ve been hidingSo You…
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9/24 Epic Poem: Re-Pent-Up (Christing)
For it’s my own religious pride / That zeal must burn up from inside / For it is the urge to condemn / That I have in common with them
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9/15 Limerick: F/Root
If we want to bear Gospel fruit / We need to connect to Christ’s root / For as we abide / We become His Bride / By bearing a cross as our route!
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1/15 Limerick: Agency from Powerlessness
Yet paradoxically, that very grasping for power destroys the authentic relationships necesary to truly live.
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My Father’s Nakedness (The Gospel of Noah)
A Dis-curse in Three Parts Part 1: Matthew 17:1-13 Eli: Noah! Noah, where are you? Moe: Eli, I don’t think this is a very good idea. Eli: Shut up, Moe. He’s gonna love this. Moe: Fine, it’s your funeral. You never did get one, did you? Eli: No more than…
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LifeView: Part-y of God [from iHack]
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.…
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Message-ers
Messagers Live a Message So profound It reshapes external reality To match our internal And His Eternal
