Tag: relationship
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Dream: Possum Player
I break character I ask the actress Who is playing her Whether I Am interacting with her enough
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Immanuel Encounter: Into the Woods
I am in the woods at IVCF camp in Massachusetts At the moonlit lake I remember from my college days Jesus is there I am seven years old It is daytime I wish we could stay like this forever Young Innocent Happy
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Socrates Evangelion (Beyond “Apology”)
A powerfully-built young man stands on the walls of Athens. His face is torn between Hope and Sorrow. He has clearly been there a while, staring into the west as the sun sets. Finally he sighs and turns to return home. Just before he descends he glances back for one…
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DBJ-AEFJ “An Eye For Judging” 9/2/2021
Tickets available now! (For both 10am and 1pm on Thu Sept 2) I often get frustrated when others don’t see what I do. This passage makes me wonder what others see that I do not: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you…
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Prelude to Reconciliation
Type I Response I feel pain Someone just did something I see what they did wrong I blame them for my pain It is because they are broken I try to fix them They do not let me This implies they will cause me more pain I escalate or run…
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TGR-S6E2d1: Family Time
Q. How should we react when other people hurt us, or they claim that we hurt them? P. Seek to Ground our identity and security in Christ, so we can respond with curiosity and compassion rather than fear or anger When I feel threatened, my natural instinct is either fear…
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TGR-S4E3: Relational Practice
This week on The Great Reset our Biasta Janet re-uses the “Critical Community Protocol” to help the Biastes* evaluate a proposal for training us in healthier relational practices. Question: How can we all get better at actually loving each other the way Jesus does? Perspective: Use public roleplaying to deliberately practice specific…
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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…
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ShameBreaker Covenant
God loves me, and has a wonderful plan for my life. As I humble myself and turn away from my wicked ways, I position myself to receive the fullness of God’s blessings and favor. I confess that I have sinned — against myself, others, and God — to the point…
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The Rule of Ernest the Sinner
Spirituality for the Complexity of Adam Hat tip to St. Benedict The Three Imperatives Glorify God Make the Cross attractive by loving God, our Selves, and our Others as Jesus does Cultivate self-differentiating Relationships, Metrics, and Practices that help us further the First Imperative Write up your own Rule
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AORTA Adolescence: The Perpetual Practice of Growing into Christ
It may be too late to have a happy childhood, but it is never too late to have a turbulent adolescence! We as a society have lost sight of what it means to grow up. And that’s a good thing! The gift (and curse) of the Enlightenment is that each…
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The San Jose Declaration: Ending the Abortion Wars
April 1st, 2031 A.D. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the San Francisco Revival of the 2020s was an end to the politicization of abortion, in a way that seemed unimaginable to those who lived through the culture wars that peaked during the Trump presidency. While extremists on both sides…
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Lesson 5/6 Courage (Anjali’s Catechism)
Faith: Wise Risk It would be wonderful if everyone knew how to find real happiness, glory, and relationships by believing in the same God Jesus did. However, believing in God is not learning a fact, such as: 2 + 2 = 4 Grass is green I prefer berry pie to…
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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:…
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Joshua 3: Holy Shittim!
Questions: Why should the Israelites stay a kilometer behind the ark? How does God exalt Joshua? To what end? Where should priests keep the presence of God? What is the connection between “relationship” and “results”? What’s the secret to leading a large group on inconceivable adventures? Read more to pursue…
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Becoming a Whole Christian
I want to be a Whole Christian. I want to love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength, and be part of a worshipping community with others who do. I want to love my brothers and sisters the way…
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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…
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Unforgiven: A Testimony in Three Persons
I’m in the process of cleaning up my “personal” site on DrErnie.com, and as part of that I’m moving some of my earlier writings to this site. To start with, I present “Unforgiven”, a more-or-less accurate transcript of the first time God really dealt with me about anger… Unforgiven A…
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LEAD! B.8 From Anger to Reconciliation
Few things destroy the church more rapidly than anger and unforgiveness. To carry our cross means extending forgiveness to those who don’t deserve it, as Jesus did to us.
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