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Tag: purpose

  • 1/11 Poem: Strait An’ Arrow Weigh

    When will the rivers of your grace
 / Flow freely through my straits
 / That all the broken in my world
 / Know you’re the one who sates

  • 11/18 Poem: Deadly Assurance

    Or is there a third way / 
An unforeseen option / 
Where we see death as / 
Consummating adoption

  • Limerick: Repentance Dependence

    In order to become repentant I must become fully dependent

  • Systematic Graceology

    The ultimate purpose and practice of Spiritual Formation is: Identifying the Anxieties for which we currently lack Grace Training us to Catharize them by the Cross of Christ More formally:

  • 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.…

  • Citizens of Better

    We must be members First Of the heavenly community Only in the Trinity Can we truly find Identity and Values Security and Peace

  • Holy Hunger

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

  • TRG-S6E4: Core Concepts

    Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 22 1PM PST) as David Johnson pitches us on the concepts he feels we need to Love More Like Jesus. Question: What does this group need in order to function the way God intended for us?…

  • TRG-S6E3: All Creation Groans

    Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 15 1PM PST) as we wrestle with Ted’s challenge about how to love the whole world More Like Jesus. Question: Why did God place us in a world full of brokenness and pain? Perspective: So we…

  • TGR-S4E7: Loving More Like Jesus

    This week on The Great Reset the Biastes perform a retrospective on Season 4 by attempting to agree on a Purpose, and then evaluating their recent interactions in light of that Purpose. Purpose of The Great Reset (Draft) We are a community of Jesus-lovers who Come together to learn how…

  • TGR-S3E3: Networked Transformation Circles

    Building on last week’s pitch for the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 21, 2020 episode of The Great Reset proposes a new building block for the Body of Christ. Question What is the most effective and scalable context for co-constructing disciples of Jesus?

  • TGR-S3E2: Biastes Co-Discipling Network (Pitch V1)

    The Biastes continue Season 3 of The Great Reset by attempting to articulate concrete commitments we can make together to help us become better husbands and fathers, yet at the same time advance Christ’s purposes on multiple levels. “He must become greater; I must become less.” — John‬ ‭3:30 Question:…

  • 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.

  • Make Us Like Jesus: Discipleship in Five Syllables

    A proposed process for fully fleshing-out the Six Syllable Gospel: as part of an accidental series on Childlike Theology: Join together to ask God to make us like Jesus. Interpret everything that happens as God answering that prayer. There is no step 3.

  • LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    So, the good news is that our church is gearing up to start LEAD! on September 4th, and already taking applications! That’s also the bad news, since I’ve only finished three classes. 😦 Still, it only takes me about four hours per class, which is two late night waiting-to-feed-Rohan sessions…

  • LEAD! Part A: Thinking Theo-Logically

    The LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development While these roughly correspond to three 12-week “trimesters”, the larger goal is to incorporate all three aspects in each and every segment. The question thus becomes, what is the most effective way to…

  • LEAD! A Transformational Small Group Bible Study

    The format I’m proposing for LEAD! is what I’m calling a “Transformational Small Group Bible Study”. This builds on my many years in InterVarsity Small Groups during eleven years of college, as well as numerous “home groups” in churches since then. The key aspects are: • Bible Study History and…

  • Requirements for Transforming Leadership

    As part of my journey to rethink leadership training, I wanted to summarize the goals and constraints of such a process. Here’s a first cut…

  • TELL: Theological Essentials for Lay Leaders

    As a counterpart (or even prequel) to my previous article about “safety skills“, I wanted to identify those theological topics essential for lay leaders to understand. In particular, I believe lay leaders need a more concise and practical “boot camp”, in contrast to the multi-year “officer’s training school” provided in…

  • Keys to the CTE

    Even though I haven’t posted for a while, I’ve been thinking a lot about Comprehensive Theological Education. In particular, I’ve been trying to identify the key “success factors” necessary to improve upon traditional methods. Here’s my current list. Any thing you’d like to add, Gentle Reader? [Updated March 9th to…