Tag: relationship
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Christ Club: An Ecosystem Manifesto
As a sequel to The First Rule of Christ Club and The Ringless Gym, write an ecosystem manifesto around these four points. 1. Circles expand friendship with Jesus. / 2. Stewards hold tension between where we do and don’t yet see Jesus. / 3. Each tension is iteratively resolved by…
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Dream: Moving Day.
The place is a madhouse. / It is filled with my friends and acquaintances. // Did I throw a party / And not remember it?
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2025-10-15 IAM: Goodbye and Went (Tears 5/12)
The blood of Jesus / Binds shards of me / To all the people in the world…
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Ten Laws of Antifragile Holiness (The Double Paradox of Religion)
The Law outside us restrains sin; / the Law inside us breeds pride. / Once we “own” righteousness, we weaponize it…
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2025-10-01 SAM: Severe Famine (Scarce 1/5)
Hungry for love / Hungry for security / Hungry for belonging…
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2025-09-26 IAM: Compassion For Their Brothers (Idol 16/20)
I am sad / To have caused them / Such pain…
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Reversing The Spiral of Offense
Offense is when I have: / – Law enough to hate your sin, but not / – Grace enough to forgive it…
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The Prize Cow: Dreaming Authentic Love (Podcast)
In a small Kentucky town, an egg-spinning contest for a prize cow becomes more than a game. For Ellie Mae—brilliant but insecure—and Bo Jackson—charming but dishonest—it’s a crucible of identity, a surprising act of grace, and an unexpected discovery of love.
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2025-09-13 IAM: Recognized the Voice (Idol 3/20)
My only consolation / Is that nobody here knows me / Or my backstory // Or so I think…
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2025-09-12 IAM: Serves As My Priest (Idol 2/20)
On the one hand / Jesus is offering all the goodness / I had spent my life trying to steal // On the other / All I know is thieving…
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The Missing “Spirit-Led Life” Manual
Pogue: (stands, exasperated) Stop! Do you hear yourselves? Grace. Effort. Dishes. You’re all clutching your agendas like brand logos. Meanwhile, the Spirit’s been standing right there the whole time!
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2025-08-30 SAM: Had Met (Son A 7/8)
So much / That He wants me / To forget Him / To become fully myself…
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Wilberforce: We Need Perfume Breakers, Not New Wine Brokers
New wine is not a better law. It is not a more ethical framework, nor a more inclusive rulebook. It is the living presence of Christ Galatians 2:20—wild, liberating, uncontrollable. And He cannot be sold, only received. He cannot be managed, only magnified.
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What is “Ecosystem?” Pattern Language for a Post-Institutional Kingdom
The “ecosystem” is a term coined by Joel McGill in the early 2020s to describe something new we are seeing in the Body of Christ. By definition, this is not something we own or control. Rather, this is our attempt to characterize our “piece of the elephant” as we connect…
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2025-08-25 SAM: One Dedicated (Son A 2/8)
Not of something to do / Rather of something / About to be done…
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Embracing Our Inner Jackass: Blockers on the Way to Christ-like Love
Picture this: a frustrated wanderer on a donkey, yelling at his own brain, surrounded by lawless mercenaries. It feels more like Shrek or some wild fable than a spiritual reflection. Yet this is the imaginative entry point into the Angel Approach Memos—specifically, the Jackass series.
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Disseminating Diaphoris: Toward a Participatory Christian Education
Folks, this Diaphoric Participation—where the student actively lives into union with Christ, not just learns about it—is an intriguing remedy for our overly Platonic schools. Thoughts?
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2025-08-19 AAM: Rushed Upon (Jackass 10/13)
Either sacrifice him / Or allow him to / Break up my heart…
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