Radically Happy

Tag: love

  • TGR-S2E7: Enrollment

    This Tuesday 6/30 with the Biastes we complete our second Season of The Great Reset, on Education, by attempting to co-construct an answer to the question: What is the Most Important Thing to collectively keep getting better at doing, in order for us and the world to experience the fullness…

  • TGR-05: Deep, Deep Joy

    How do we develop unconquerable joy? We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

  • TGR-04: Loving The Other

    Join us on Zoom or Facebook to co-create the video of this episode at 10 AM PST on Friday, April 24th, 2020 AD. Question: How do we love like Jesus? Perspective: I will love the “Other” as Jesus loved me. Premise: Love is a muscle that strengthens through deliberate practice…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)

    Continued from Part 1. I follow Jesus through the back wall of the temple, marching straight toward where the goddess awaits. She is there, unsurprised by my presence.  Beautiful, beyond all earthly beauty.  A slight mysterious smile on her lips.  She is wreathed in a flowing gown that enhances rather…

  • The Universal Commandment

    Enjoy, Love & Glorify God, Ourselves & Others As Jesus Does Corollary: The Meaning of Life God, Us & Others Enjoying, Loving, & Glorifying, God, Ourselves, Others & the World

  • Anjali’s Catechism: A Childlike Invitation to Spiritual Christianity

    Are you ready to: Embrace the One who created the universe as your Heavenly Father who loves us like Jesus?

  • Lesson 4/6 True Love (Anjali’s Catechism)

    Worship: He’s Worth It The whole point of becoming a Christian is to know and love God, ourselves, and others the way Jesus did.  But what exactly is love? We use the word “love” whenever we strongly desire or value something.  But there are three very different kinds of love: Happiness:…

  • RohAnjali Fall 2016 Prayer

    Dear God, Teach us how to leave each other the way you love us. Make us more like Jesus as we let go of what we want. Help us hear your voice and obey you so we can enjoy your abundant life. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen.  

  • God Loves Us Like Jesus: A Six Syllable Gospel (Childlike Theology)

    [Now part 1 of 6 in a series on Childlike Theology] Since my son’s second set of seasons, I’ve sought a scalable summary of the gospel. Something simple enough to be sung by a six-year-old, yet sufficiently sophisticated to stun seminarians for centuries. Here’s my most successful statement so far: God Loves Us…

  • Knight Club: Levels of Love

    The first rule of Knight Club: you must talk about Knight Club. In the comments on my first Knight Club post, my friend Jor Bratko talks about “raising adults”, and points out that: the legitimacy of my authority like all legitimate authority comes from love: the care of the other…

  • Song: Gratitude

    Part 3 of the Guilt–Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.

  • Song: From Guilt to Grace

    The following song is a lyrical version of “Graphical Theology: The Grace Cycle“, part of my burst of artistic exploration in 1996. It was the first element of a trilogy on the Reformation themes of Guilt-Grace–Gratitude, but unlike the other two I never was happy enough with it to put…

  • Song: No Longer Alone

    This is a song I wrote back in 1996 in my post-college, pre-Apple days in Pasadena, California. It was for a girl I knew — heck, it fit pretty much all the girls I hung out with and/or was interested in during that decade. I also sang it during a…

  • LEAD! C.5 Studying Scripture

    The Word of God is a lamp to our feet — but only if we know how to turn it on and where to shine it. Memory Verse: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of…

  • LEAD! C.3 Persistent Prayer

    Prayer is the process of aligning our thoughts, desires, and decisions with the Name of God, so that His Spirit can work through us to transform our lives, our relationships, and our world. Memory Verse:”Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What…

  • LEAD! B.9 From Sloth to Fruitfulness

    The dangers of laziness, and the rewards of perseverance.

  • LEAD! B.4 From Folly to Love

    Folly is a cycle of self-punishment disguised as the pursuit of pleasure. The only way out is to receive God’s love, to the point where we love Him more than the false gods to which we’ve enslaved ourselves.

  • LEAD! B.3 From Mockery to Hope

    The mockers must have the pride crushed out of them through suffering, to realize the limits of their earthly wisdom. To endure, their souls need to hope in God’s goodness.

  • LEAD! B.2 From Simplicity to Faith

    The simple need faith to trust that wisdom is possible, even though it is unseen, and pursue it with their whole mind.

  • LEAD! B.1 From Humanism to Wisdom

    The humanity of the Simple, Mocker, and Fool versus the fear of God’s Wisdom. Defines wisdom as the ability to live out God’s name, and virtue as the different facets of wise character.